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

Our source wasn't clear whether Plains Junction was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Plains Junction would be found somewhere in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named Plains Junction ...

We found one communities that share the name Plains Junction.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Plains Junction is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Plains Junction in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Texas
      • Hall County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Plains Junction [Hall County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Plains Junction ...

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Plains Junction.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/61128   (Place Name: Plains Junction)

County: Luzerne     (FIPS State/County: 42/079)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Plains Junction) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

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.

AbingtonLuzerne Station
Alberts Corners 
Alden StationMaltby
AldersonMaple Run
AlumMaxwell
AshmoreMeadow Run
AuchinclossMill Creek
 Mill Hollow
Beach GroveMoraine
BeaumontMorrison
BeauplandMount Surprise
Beech Haven FerryMount Zion
BelbendMountain Park
Bennett 
BergersNew Covington
Black CreekNew Troy
Black RidgeNewport
BlackmanNorth End
Blake'sNorth Wilkesbarre
BriarbrookNuangola
Buckalew 
ButzbachOakleaf
 Oakwood Park
CaliforniaOld Cranberry
CharlestownOld Forge
ChaunceyOlivers Mills
ChristopherOneida Junction
Church HillOrchard
Coalridge 
ColumbusPaynesville
Council CrestPeely
Council RidgePink Ash Junction
CoxtonPittston Ferry
Cranberry RidgePittston Station
CrestwoodPittston Summit
 Ply,mouth Ferry
DeringerPond Creek Junction
DorrancetonProspect Rock
Dorrancetown 
DowingvilleRaub's
Duryea JunctionRetreat
 Reyburn
EdwardsdaleRhone
EmpireRock Cabin
Enterprise SidingRoosevelt
Espy Run 
 Schooley
Fades CreekSheldon
Fairview HillsSloyersville
Fairview ParkSouth Wilkes-barre
Forest CastleStanton
 Stockton
Glen Summit SpringsSugar Loaf Station
 Sugarloaf
HainsvilleSummit
HardenSunshine
Hardpan 
HardpenTank
Harvey JunctionThroopsville
Harwood JunctionTown Line
Harwood MinesTrailwood
HazelbrookTunnel
HazeltonTurnbach
Hazle VillageTyler
Heidelberg 
Hicks FerryUpper Lehigh Junction
Hollers HillUpper Raubs
Honey Pot 
 Vexit Junction
Jeanesville 
Jenkins JunctionWarsaw
JenkinsWest Pittston Junction
 West Side
Kingston - Forty FortWestmoor
KunckleWoodside - Drifton
  
Lattimer MinesYates
Laurel Gardens 
Lee MineZehner
LookoutZion

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>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.