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Do you know of Straight ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1896 and closed  in 1926.

Communities Also Named Straight ...

We found one communities that share the name Straight.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Straight is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Oklahoma
      • Texas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Straight [Texas County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Straight ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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.

More Orphans in  Elk 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 Elk County.

Barr 
BeardsleyKeystone
BenzingerKings
Berganot 
BrennansLa Mont
 Laurel Run
Carlo 
CherryportMadge
Clarion JunctionMill Creek
ClarionMill Haven
CuneoMount Pleasant
  
De YoungNorth Brockport
  
EarleyOtto Glen
EdgarOyster
Ellmont 
EmmetPeaks
EmpirePine Street
  
Glen FisherRaught's
Grandview ParkRidgeway
Grant Station 
 Scahonda
HarroldSherwood
HartmanSmeltzer
Hellen MillsSpring Creek
Hyde Station 
HydesToby Mines
  
Island RunWilmarth

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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