Do you know of Lower Providence ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lower Providence. 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 Lower Providence.<1>

Our sources for Lower Providence (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 Lower Providence other than they indicate that Lower Providence would be found somewhere in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1831 and closed  in 1918.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lower Providence ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1908)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Montgomery 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 Montgomery County.