Do you know of Watson Farm ???

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

Our sources for Watson Farm (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 Watson Farm other than they indicate that Watson Farm would be found somewhere in Forest County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1892 and closed  in 1913.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Watson Farm ...

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

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.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Watson Farm.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/81600   (Place Name: Watson Farm)

County: Forest     (FIPS State/County: 42/053)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Watson Farm) 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  Forest 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 Forest County.