Do you know of Swatara Station ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Swatara Station. 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 Swatara Station.<1> Our sources for Swatara Station (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 Swatara Station other than they indicate that Swatara Station would be found somewhere in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1860 and closed in 1957. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Swatara Station ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Swatara Station: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Swatara Station - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Swatara Station. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 42/75696 (Place Name: Swatara Station (Swatara)) County: Dauphin (FIPS State/County: 42/043) Class: U6 Identifies a populated place (ie- Swatara Station) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). More Orphans in Dauphin 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 Dauphin County. Footnotes ...
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