Do you know of Shaft ???

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

Our sources for Shaft (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 Shaft other than they indicate that Shaft would be found somewhere in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1880.

Communities Also Named Shaft ...

We found one communities that share the name Shaft.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Shaft.

Beyond Pennsylvania.

• Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
  • Somerset County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Shaft [Somerset County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shaft ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Shaft.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/69560   (Place Name: Shaft (William Penn))

County: Schuylkill     (FIPS State/County: 42/107)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Shaft) 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  Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill County.