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Do you know of South Mountain ???

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

We found mention of South Mountain as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named South Mountain ...

We found four communities that share the name South Mountain.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named South Mountain.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of South Mountain [Franklin County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Owyhee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of South Mountain [Owyhee County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of South Mountain.
    • Texas
      • Coryell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of South Mountain [Coryell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for South Mountain ...

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for South Mountain.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/72360   (Place Name: South Mountain)

County: Berks     (FIPS State/County: 42/011)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, South Mountain) 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  Berks 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 Berks County.

Albany StationLincoln Heights
AllianceLiscum
AlsaceLorah
AtholLower Bern
 Lower Heidelberg
Barto'sLynoak
Belt Line JunctionLynwood
Berks 
Birdsboro' StationManatawny Station
BittenbenderMelrose
Black BearMountain Sunset
Bower's StationMountain
Brower 
BrumfieldvilleNaomi
 Nora
CaernarvonNorth Reading
Calcium 
ClinganObold
Colebrookdale StationOrrton
Cootstown 
CumruPassmore
 Perry
DeLongPike Township
DenglersPikesville
DrebelbisPleasantville
DriversvillePoplar Neck
  
East BerkleyReading Gardens
EdenburgReinert
EsterlyRobeson
EtonRobesonia Furnaces
Exeter StationRohnersburg
 Rolling Hills
Farview 
FetherolffsvilleSchuylkill Bend
FurnaceSchweyers
 Scullhill
GehmanShamrock
Geiger's MillsSheerlund Forest
GreenfieldsShoemakersville Station
 South Evansville
Hamburgh StationSpring Valley
HampdenSwoyers
HamptonSylvan Dell
Hendleton 
Hiester's MillTemple Station
Hill ChurchTulpehocken
Hummels Store 
 Upper Bern
KissingerUpper Berne
Klapperthal 
KricktownWalter's Park
KutzvilleWest Monocacy
 Wetzel
LesherWhite Bear
LichtyWyomissing Junction

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.









 

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