Do you know of Lake Sheridan ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lake Sheridan. 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 Lake Sheridan.<1> Our sources for Lake Sheridan (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Lake Sheridan other than they indicate that Lake Sheridan would be found somewhere in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1906 and closed in 1954. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lake Sheridan ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lake Sheridan: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Lake Sheridan. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 42/41016 (Place Name: Lake Sheridan) County: Lackawanna (FIPS State/County: 42/069 Count/Seq: 02/01) Class: U8 Identifies a populated place (in this case, Lake Sheridan) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). More Orphans in Lackawanna County ...Can you help? 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 Lackawanna County. Footnotes ...
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