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

We found mention of Prowellsville as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in York 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.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1823 and closed  in 1826.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Prowellsville ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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
BrooksidePeach Bottom
 Penn Heights
CabbanePine Hill
CampbellPlaza Heights
Castle Fin StationPleasant Hill
ChancefordPleasureville Heights
Coal Cabin BeachPorters
Codorus Mills 
CodorusRoy
Constitution 
 Sensheim
Deer BrookShetters Grove
DixvilleShiloh East
DockvilleShorbes Hill
 Silver Lake
EnterpriseSlate Ridge
EsmondSmith Gardens
EttersSmiths
 Smyser
GirardSnyder's
Gitts RunSouth Side
GlenwoodSpring Forge
GrahamvilleSpring Garden
Grandview TerraceSpringet
GrangevilleStaley
 Stonybrook - Wilshire
HablistonStrawbridge
HallSummit
HartleySunset Manor
HeistandSwam
Hellam 
HellerTilden
High RockTracktowne
HiltonTurnpike
Holley HeightsTwin Brooks
HollywoodTyler Run - Queens Gate
  
IronoreUnion
  
Jefferson StationVoltair
  
LightnerWest Manchester
LincolnwayWilben
LonglevelWindsor Park
Lower ChancefordWiota
  
Mayfield EastXenia
McFord 
McSherrysvilleYork New Salem
Middletown Ferry 
MonaghanZiegler
Mulberry 

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.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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