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Do you know of Shade Valley ???

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

Our sources for Shade Valley (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 Shade Valley other than they indicate that Shade Valley would be found somewhere in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1868 and closed  in 1943.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shade Valley ...

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

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 Shade Valley - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Shade Valley.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/69480   (Place Name: Shade Valley)

County: Huntingdon     (FIPS State/County: 42/061)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Shade Valley) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon County.

Allenton 
Aughwick MillsKrider
  
BarnettLocke Valley
Barre ForgeLodema
BeaverLotta Brove
BeersvilleLoveville Station
Broad Top 
BrownsvilleMapleton Depot
 McNeal
Cedar RockMorrell
Clair 
Coffee RunNew Pleasant Grove
Colerain ForgeNorrace
Coles SummitNorth Baree
Cora 
CornpropstOakland
Cornpropst's MillsOtelia
Cove Station 
CoveReeds
Crawford 
Crooked CreekSarah
Crystal SpringsShirley
 Shoeberger
Eagle FoundryShy Beaver
East BarreSmithfield
East Broad TopSouth Huntingdon
 Spruce
Globe RunStarr
Gorsuch 
GoshornTell
GraftonThisbe
Greenwood Furnace 
 Union Church
Hare's Valley 
Hill ValleyValley Point
HostlerVineyard Mills
Hubelsville 
Hundred SpringWest Barre
 West Mooresville
JacobWildwood
James CreekWoodbine
James 

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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