Do you know of New Portage Junction ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about New Portage Junction. 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 New Portage Junction.

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

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.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for New Portage Junction ...

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

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

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for New Portage Junction.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/53970   (Place Name: New Portage Junction)

County: Blair     (FIPS State/County: 42/013)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, New Portage Junction) 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  Blair 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 Blair County.