Do you know of North Branch ???

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

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

Communities Also Named North Branch ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name North Branch.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named North Branch.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Susquehanna 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 Pennsylvania community of North Branch [Susquehanna County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Calaveras 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 California community of North Branch [Calaveras County].
- Iowa
  - Guthrie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of North Branch [Guthrie County].
- Kentucky
  - Carter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of North Branch [Carter County].
- Maryland
  - Allegany County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of North Branch [Allegany County].
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of North Branch [Baltimore County].
- Michigan
  - Alcona 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 Michigan community of North Branch [Alcona County].
  - Bay County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of North Branch [Bay County].
  - Lapeer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of North Branch [Lapeer County].
  - Oscoda County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of North Branch [Oscoda County].
- Minnesota
  - Chisago County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of North Branch [Chisago County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of North Branch.
- New Hampshire
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of North Branch [Hillsborough County].
- New Jersey
  - Somerset County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of North Branch [Somerset County].
- New York
  - Sullivan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of North Branch [Sullivan County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
  - Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of North Branch.
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of North Branch.
- Wisconsin
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of North Branch [Jackson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for North Branch ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in McKean 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 McKean County.

Allegheny Bridge
Alton	Lafferty
	Lants
Babcock
Babcock's Mill	McAmbley
Bellrun	McCalmont
Bell's Run	Melvin
Bolivar Run	Murray Hill
Broder
Bullis	Neilly's
Burning Well	Newerf
Burrows	Newtown
Buttsville
	Olivedale
Camp Halsey	Ostrander
Carroll
Cerestown	Palmerville
Clermont Junction	Phalin
Clermontville	Pine Run
Coffey Run	Portage Creek
Corryville	Prentiss Vale
Crawford
Cumming	Quigley
	Quinnwood
Davis	Quinton
Digel
Dunkle	Red Bridge
	Riderville
East Bradford
Eden	Sargent
Elmwood	Shaffer's Mill
Englers	Smithport
	Smith's Run
Forest	Song Bird
Fraley's	South Branch
	Southard
Gallagher	Spaulings
Garner	State Line
Glenn
Goodell	Tarport
Gridley's	Tome's
	Town Line
Hamlin	Tuna Creek
Hazelwood	Turtle Point
Hess Mill
Howard Junction	Watsonville
Howard's Hill	Weaver's Mills
	Weedsport
Indian Creek	West Kane
	White Gravel
Jo Jo Junction	Williams' Mills
Joville	Wilson
	Windfall
Kendall Creek	Woodland
Kendall	Woodvale

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 North Branch 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.