Do you know of South Burgettstown ???

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

Our sources for South Burgettstown (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 South Burgettstown other than they indicate that South Burgettstown would be found somewhere in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1918.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for South Burgettstown ...

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

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 South Burgettstown - 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 South Burgettstown.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/72008   (Place Name: South Burgettstown)

County: Washington     (FIPS State/County: 42/125)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- South Burgettstown) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Washington 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 Washington County.