Do you know of Old Forge ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Old Forge. 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 Old Forge.<1>
Our sources for Old Forge (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 Old Forge other than they indicate that Old Forge would be found somewhere in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Communities Also Named Old Forge ...
We found four communities that share the name Old Forge.
There are three communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Old Forge.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Old Forge in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Delaware 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 Old Forge [Delaware County].
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Old Forge [Franklin County].
- Lackawanna County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Old Forge [Lackawanna County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Herkimer County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Old Forge [Herkimer County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Old Forge ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Old Forge:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Old Forge - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
More Orphans in Luzerne 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 Luzerne 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 Old Forge 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. |
