Do you know of Roseland ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Roseland. 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 Roseland.<1>
We found mention of Roseland as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Cambria 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 1826 and closed in 1865.
Communities Also Named Roseland ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Roseland.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Roseland is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 21 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Mississippi County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Roseland [Mississippi County].
- California
- Sonoma County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Roseland [Sonoma County].
- Florida
- Indian River County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Roseland [Indian River County].
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Roseland [Fulton County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Roseland [Cook County].
- Indiana
- Saint Joseph County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Roseland [Saint Joseph County].
- Kansas
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Roseland [Cherokee County].
- Louisiana
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Roseland [Tangipahoa Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Roseland.
- Minnesota
- Kandiyohi County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Roseland [Kandiyohi County].
- Missouri
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Roseland [Henry County].
- Nebraska
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Roseland [Adams County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Roseland [Monroe County].
- North Carolina
- Columbus County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Roseland [Columbus County].
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Roseland [Lincoln County].
- Moore County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Roseland [Moore County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Roseland.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Roseland.
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Roseland [Aiken County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Nelson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Roseland [Nelson County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Roseland ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Roseland:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
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
More Orphans in Cambria County ...
Can you help?
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 Cambria County.
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> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Roseland could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |