Do you know of Monarch ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Monarch. 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 Monarch.<1>
Our sources for Monarch (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 Monarch other than they indicate that Monarch would be found somewhere in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1899.
Communities Also Named Monarch ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Monarch.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Monarch.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Monarch [Fayette County].
- Fayette County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Monarch.
- Arkansas
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Monarch [Marion County].
- Colorado
- Chaffee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Monarch [Chaffee County].
- Florida
- Sumter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Monarch [Sumter County].
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Jones County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Monarch [Jones County].
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Monarch [Saint Louis County].
- Montana
- Cascade County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Monarch [Cascade County].
- Nevada
- South Carolina
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Monarch [Union County].
- Utah
- Duchesne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Monarch [Duchesne County].
- Virginia
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Monarch [Lee County].
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Monarch [Kanawha County].
- Wyoming
- Sheridan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Monarch [Sheridan County].
- Alberta
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Monarch ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Monarch:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Monarch - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Washington 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 Washington County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Monarch 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |