Do you know of Sinclair ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sinclair. 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 Sinclair.
We found mention of Sinclair as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
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.
Communities Also Named Sinclair ...
We found nine communities that share the name Sinclair.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Sinclair is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Boundary County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Sinclair [Boundary County].
- Illinois
- Morgan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sinclair [Morgan County].
- Iowa
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Sinclair [Butler County].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Sinclair [Aroostook County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Sinclair.
- Montana
- South Carolina
- West Virginia
- Preston County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sinclair [Preston County].
- Wyoming
- Carbon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Sinclair [Carbon County].
- Idaho
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sinclair ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sinclair:
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Sinclair.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 42/70864 (Place Name: Sinclair)
County: Westmoreland (FIPS State/County: 42/129)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Sinclair) 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 Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Sinclair 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. |