Do you know of Oxbow ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Oxbow. 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 Oxbow.

We found mention of Oxbow as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1851 and closed  in 1854.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Oxbow ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Oxbow.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Oxbow is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, ten are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Louisiana
    • Red River Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Oxbow [Red River Parish].
  • Maine
    • Aroostook County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Oxbow [Aroostook County].
  • Michigan
    • Allegan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Oxbow [Allegan County].
    • Berrien County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Oxbow [Berrien County].
    • Newaygo County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Oxbow [Newaygo County].
    • Oakland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Oxbow [Oakland County].
  • New Brunswick
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Oxbow.
  • New York
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Oxbow [Jefferson County].
  • North Dakota
    • Cass County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Oxbow [Cass County].
  • Oregon
    • Baker County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Oxbow [Baker County].
  • Saskatchewan
    • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Oxbow.
  • West Virginia
    • Ritchie County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Oxbow [Ritchie County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oxbow ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in  Wyoming 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 Wyoming County.