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Do you know of Vian ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1892 and closed  in 1905.

Communities Also Named Vian ...

We found one communities that share the name Vian.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Vian is unique.

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

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

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Vian ...

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

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

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

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.

Beaver 
BoydLenkers
Bressler - Enhaut - OberlinLiverpool Station
BrooksideLochiel
BrownstoneLower Paxton
Buck Lock 
 Mahantango
Camp CurtinMcClellan
Centreview 
Chambers HillOak Dale
Charlton 
Clark's FerryPortsmouth
Cloverly HeightsPowell's Creek
CoaldalePowl's Valley
Curtin 
 Rattling Run
DeerReed
Derry ChurchRiverside
Derry 
DocklowScheibs
 Shope Gardens
EarnestShort Mountain
East HarrisburghStoverdale
East MiddletownSwatara Station
Estherton 
 Uniontown
Federal Square 
 West End
Geiger's PointWest Hanover
GilchristvilleWhite House
Green FieldsWiconisco Center
 Woodside
Hecks 
Heckton MillsYellow Springs
Hillsdale 

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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