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Do you know of Porter Hill ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Porter Hill ...

We found one communities that share the name Porter Hill.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Porter Hill is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Porter Hill in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Oklahoma
      • Comanche County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Porter Hill [Comanche County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Porter Hill ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Fayette 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 Fayette County.

Ache 
AmblesideMonvue
AshmanMoores Junction
AtchisonMorrell
 Murphy Siding
Bear Run 
BeesonsNicolay
Big Meadow RunNorth Connellsville
Bowest Junction 
Broadford JunctionOakdale
BrookvaleOrmond
Browns Run Junction 
Brownsville JunctionPike Mine
Bryan 
 Rainey Junction
CasparisRedstone Junction
Cheat HavenRock Works
ChildsRosedale
Coal BrookRound Bottom
CookstownRoyal
Crozier Run Branch JunctionRuble
  
DarentSalt Lick
DemuthSandrock
Dunlap Creek JunctionShaffers Corner
 Sherrick's
East CaliforniaShinbone
East ConnellsvilleShoaf Ovens
East LibertySimpson
East RoscoeSouth Brownsville
EgyptStambaugh
ElmStickel
EmmeStrum
 Sullivan
Fallen TimbersSummit Mines
Falls City 
FreedTintsman's
FrostTippecanoe Station
 Tremont
GistTyrone Mills
Greene Junction 
GreenwoodUniontown North
Guyaux 
 Vance Mill Junction
Hickman 
Hill CrestWanda
HillcokeWatt
 Watts Transfer
JamisonWhitsett Junction
JuniatavilleWirsing
 Wooddale
Lambert WorksWoodvale
Layton's StationWymps Gap
Leith - HatfieldWynn
Lemont 
Lilly Run JunctionYough

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.









 

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