Do you know of Uwchland ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Uwchland. 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 Uwchland.<1> Our sources for Uwchland (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 Uwchland other than they indicate that Uwchland would be found somewhere in Chester County, Pennsylvania. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1825. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Uwchland ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Uwchland: 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 Uwchland - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Uwchland. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 42/79488 (Place Name: Uwchland (Eagle)) County: Chester (FIPS State/County: 42/029) Class: U6 Identifies a populated place (ie- Uwchland) 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 Chester 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 Chester County. Footnotes ...
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