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Do you know of Peach Bottom ???

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

Our sources for Peach Bottom (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 Peach Bottom other than they indicate that Peach Bottom would be found somewhere in York County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1814 and closed  in 1913.

Communities Also Named Peach Bottom ...

We found two communities that share the name Peach Bottom.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Peach Bottom.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Peach Bottom in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Lancaster County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Peach Bottom [Lancaster County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Grayson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Peach Bottom [Grayson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Peach Bottom ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Peach Bottom - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

More Orphans in  York 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 York County.

Apple GroveMullertown
  
BaresvilleNaces
BentzelNew Sinsheim
Bigdam 
BigmountOkete
Bowmans Store 
BrilhartPark Heights
BrockiePark Hills
BrodbeckParke
Brogueville StationParks
BrooksidePenn Heights
 Pine Hill
CabbanePlaza Heights
CampbellPleasant Hill
Castle Fin StationPleasureville Heights
ChancefordPorters
Coal Cabin BeachProwellsville
Codorus Mills 
CodorusRossville
ConstitutionRoy
  
Deer BrookSensheim
DixvilleShetters Grove
DockvilleShiloh East
 Shorbes Hill
EnterpriseSilver Lake
EsmondSlate Ridge
EttersSmith Gardens
 Smiths
GirardSmyser
Gitts RunSnyder's
GlenwoodSouth Side
GrahamvilleSpring Forge
Grandview TerraceSpring Garden
GrangevilleSpringet
 Staley
HablistonStonybrook - Wilshire
HallStrawbridge
HartleySummit
HeistandSunset Manor
HellamSwam
Heller 
High RockTilden
HiltonTracktowne
Holley HeightsTurnpike
HollywoodTwin Brooks
 Tyler Run - Queens Gate
Ironore 
 Union
Jefferson Station 
 Voltair
Lightner 
LincolnwayWest Manchester
LonglevelWilben
Lower ChancefordWindsor Park
 Wiota
Mayfield East 
McFordXenia
McSherrysville 
Middletown FerryYork New Salem
Monaghan 
MulberryZiegler

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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