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Do you know of Vance Mill Junction ???

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

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

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Vance Mill Junction ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Vance Mill Junction - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Vance Mill Junction.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/79744   (Place Name: Vance Mill Junction)

County: Fayette     (FIPS State/County: 42/051)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Vance Mill Junction) 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  Fayette 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 Fayette County.

Ache 
AmblesideMonvue
AshmanMoores Junction
AtchisonMorrell
 Murphy Siding
Bear Run 
BeesonsNicolay
Big Meadow RunNorth Connellsville
Bowest Junction 
Broadford JunctionOakdale
BrookvaleOrmond
Browns Run Junction 
Brownsville JunctionPike Mine
BryanPorter Hill
  
CasparisRainey Junction
Cheat HavenRedstone Junction
ChildsRock Works
Coal BrookRosedale
CookstownRound Bottom
Crozier Run Branch JunctionRoyal
 Ruble
Darent 
DemuthSalt Lick
Dunlap Creek JunctionSandrock
 Shaffers Corner
East CaliforniaSherrick's
East ConnellsvilleShinbone
East LibertyShoaf Ovens
East RoscoeSimpson
EgyptSouth Brownsville
ElmStambaugh
EmmeStickel
 Strum
Fallen TimbersSullivan
Falls CitySummit Mines
Freed 
FrostTintsman's
 Tippecanoe Station
GistTremont
Greene JunctionTyrone Mills
Greenwood 
GuyauxUniontown North
  
HickmanWanda
Hill CrestWatt
HillcokeWatts Transfer
 Whitsett Junction
JamisonWirsing
JuniatavilleWooddale
 Woodvale
Lambert WorksWymps Gap
Layton's StationWynn
Leith - Hatfield 
LemontYough
Lilly Run 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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