Do you know of Pembroke ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Pembroke. 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 Pembroke.<1>
Our sources for Pembroke (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 Pembroke other than they indicate that Pembroke would be found somewhere in Potter County, South Dakota.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1883 and closed in 1907.
Communities Also Named Pembroke ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Pembroke.
Within South Dakota, the name Pembroke is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, eighteen are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Broward County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Pembroke [Broward County].
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Pembroke [Polk County].
- Georgia
- Bryan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pembroke [Bryan County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Jasper County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pembroke [Jasper County].
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pembroke [Newton County].
- Kentucky
- Christian County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pembroke [Christian County].
- Maine
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Pembroke [Washington County].
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Pembroke [Plymouth County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Pembroke.
- New Hampshire
- Merrimack County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Pembroke [Merrimack County].
- New York
- Genesee County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Pembroke [Genesee County].
- North Carolina
- New Hanover County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Pembroke [New Hanover County].
- Robeson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Pembroke [Robeson County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Pembroke.
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Pembroke.
- Pennsylvania
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Pembroke.
- Virginia
- Giles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Pembroke [Giles County].
- Goochland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Pembroke [Goochland County].
- Petersburg City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Pembroke [Petersburg City].
- West Virginia
- Braxton County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Pembroke [Braxton County].
- Florida
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pembroke ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Pembroke:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Pembroke - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Potter 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 Potter County.
| Appomattox | |
| Artichoke | Potter |
| Copp | Springs |
| Mann | Welland |
| Morrill |
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> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Pembroke could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |