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Do you know of Shunk ???

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

We found mention of Shunk as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Lycoming 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 1945 and closed  in 1947.

Communities Also Named Shunk ...

We found two communities that share the name Shunk.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Sullivan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Shunk [Sullivan County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Henry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Shunk [Henry County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shunk ...

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Lycoming 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 Lycoming County.

AshurstLittle Pine Creek
AughanbaughLores
 Loyalsock Station
Barbour's MillsLycoming Creek
Black HoleLycoming
Bodine 
BodinesvilleMawrglen
BromptonMaynes
BurlingameMcIntyre Station
 Meredith
CarpenterMillers
Cement HollowMinor Forks
ChamouniMontgomery Station
ClarkestownMott
Cogan HouseMuncy Creek
Cogan Station 
Cogan Valley StationNewberry Junction
CrescentNippenose
Cummings 
 Oak Grove
DeLongsOakesville
 Opp
East FaxonOtter Run
East Muncy 
EdkinsPenbryn
Essick HeightsPerkinsville
  
Fairfield CenterRamseyville
FairfieldRedburn
Field's StationRoad Hall
FribleyRobinson's
Frozen RunRose Valley
FunstonvilleRoss Siding
 Ross
Garrettsville 
Gray's RunSafe Harbor
 Seagers
HallsSummit
Harbor Mills 
HarrisUtceter
Hepburn 
Highland LakeWalkerville
 Whitepine
Jersey Shore JunctionWolf Run
Jersey Shore StationWoodhouse
  

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/