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

Our sources for York New Salem (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 York New Salem other than they indicate that York New Salem would be found somewhere in York County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1874.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for York New Salem ...

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

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for York New Salem - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for York New Salem.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/87096   (Place Name: York New Salem (corporate name New Salem))

County: York     (FIPS State/County: 42/133)

Class: C4

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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 York County.

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EttersSlate Ridge
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GirardSmiths
Gitts RunSmyser
GlenwoodSnyder's
GrahamvilleSouth Side
Grandview TerraceSpring Forge
GrangevilleSpring Garden
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HallStonybrook - Wilshire
HartleyStrawbridge
HeistandSummit
HellamSunset Manor
HellerSwam
High Rock 
HiltonTilden
Holley HeightsTracktowne
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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/