Do you know of Imperial ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Imperial. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Imperial.<1>

We found mention of Imperial as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Venango County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named Imperial ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Imperial.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Imperial.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Allegheny County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Imperial [Allegheny County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Imperial County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Imperial [Imperial County].
- Georgia
  - Putnam County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Imperial [Putnam County].
- Illinois
  - Lake County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Imperial [Lake County].
- Kansas
  - Finney County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Imperial [Finney County].
- Missouri
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Imperial [Jefferson County].
- Nebraska
  - Chase County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Imperial [Chase County].
- Oregon
  - Deschutes County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Imperial [Deschutes County].
- Saskatchewan
  - Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Imperial.
- Texas
  - Hidalgo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Imperial [Hidalgo County].
  - Pecos County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Imperial [Pecos County].
- Virginia
  - Lee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Imperial [Lee County].
- West Virginia
  - Upshur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Imperial [Upshur County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Imperial ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Imperial:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Imperial - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Venango County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Venango County.

Footnotes ...

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This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Imperial could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.