Place Names & Postoffices

Copied from 1888 and 1890 Wilkes-Barre Record Almanac

Post Office Also Known As Township P.O. established
Alden   Newport  
Alderson Harvey's Lake Lake  
Ashley   Hanover  
Askam   Marcy  
Avoca Pleasant Valley Borough    
Avondale Grand Tunnel   1889
Beech Haven   Salem  
Bear Creek   Bear Creek  
Belbend   Salem  
Black Ridge   Sugarloaf  
Bloomingdale   Ross  
Briggsville   Nescopeck  
Cambra   Huntington  
Carverton   Kingston  
Cease's Mills   Jackson  
Conyngham   Sugarloaf  
Cranberry Hazleton   1889
Dakin   Jackson 1890
Dallas   Dallas  
Dorrance   Dorrance  
Drifton   Hazle  
Drum's   Butler  
Duryea   Marcy  
Ebervale   Hazle  
Eckley   Foster  
Edwardsdale Edwardsville Borough Plymouth  
Exeter   Exeter  
Fade's Creek   Lake  
Fairmount Springs   Fairmount  
Forty Fort   Kingston  
Freeland   Foster  
Ganoga North Mountain Fairmount  
Glen Lyon   Newport  
Glen Summit   Wright  
Gowen   Black Creek  
Grand Tunnel changed to Avondale - 1889 Plymouth  
Gregory   Hunlock  
Harding   Exeter  
Harleigh   Hazle  
Harveyville   Huntington  
Hazle Brook   Foster  
Hazleton   Hazle  
Hobbie   Hollenback  
Hunlock Creek   Hunlock  
Huntington MIlls   Huntington  
Huntsville   Jackson  
Inkerman   Jenkins  
Irish Lane   Ross  
Jeansville   Hazle  
Jeddo   Hazle  
Kingston   Kingston  
Ketcham   Franklin  
Kunkle   Dallas  
Kittle   Fairmount  
Lake Harvey's Lake Lehman  
Larksville   Plymouth  
Lehman   Lehman  
Loyalville   Lake  
Luzerne formerly Mill Hollow Kingston  
Maltby   Wyoming 1889
Milnesville   Hazle  
Miner's Mills   Plains  
Moosehead   Denison  
Mountain Grove   Black Creek  
Mountain Top   Wright  
Muhlenburg   Union  
Nanticoke   Hanover  
Nescopek   Nescopeck  
New Columbus   Huntington  
Oliver's Mills Laurel Run Borough Wilkes-Barre  
Orange   Franklin  
Outlet   Lake  
Parsons   Plains  
Peely Warrior Run Hanover  
Pike's Creek   Lehman  
Pittston   Pittston  
Plains   Plains  
Plainsville (LV RR station) Plains  
Plymouth   Plymouth  
Port Blanchard   Jenkins  
Pritchard formerly Roaring Brook Hunlock 1890
Pond Hill   Conyngham 1890
Red Rock   Fairmount  
Register   Huntington  
Reyburn   Union  
Rhone   Hanover  
Ripple   Fairmount  
Rittenhouse   Fairmount  
Roaring Brook changed to Pritchard - 1890 Hunlock  
Rock Glen   Black Creek  
Ruggles   Lake  
Sandy Run   Foster  
Shickshinny   Salem and Union  
Silkworth   Lehman  
Slocum   Slocum  
Stockton   Hazle  
St. John's   Butler  
Stoddartsville   Buck  
Sugarloaf   Butler  
Sugar Notch   Sugar Notch  
Sweet Valley   Ross  
Sybertsville   Sugarloaf  
Tank   Black Creek 1890
Town Hill   Huntington  
Town Line   Union  
Trucksville   Kingston  
Upper Lehigh   Foster  
Wanamie   Newport  
Wapwallopen   Conyngham  
Waterton   Huntington  
West Nanticoke   Plymouth  
Welsh Hill   Plymouth 1889
Wilkes-Barre      
White Haven   Foster  
Wyoming   Kingston  
Yates Yatesville Jenkins  
Zehner   Foster  

Place Name Post Office
Allen Town Lehman
Blindtown Larksville
Brookside Wilkes-Barre
Brodrick Luzerne
Beech Grove Belbend
Bear Creek Junction Bear Creek
Bear Hollow Outlet
Beaumont Stoddardsville
Bennet's Luzerne
Brown's Corners Dakin
Buck Mountain Station Weatherly
Butzbaugh's Landing Nanticoke
Cramers Hook Sweet Valley
Deringer Gowen
Dorranceton Kingston
Duckpond Wilkes-Barre
Empire Wilkes-Barre
Espy Run Peely
Fairview Mountain Top
Five Points Wilkes-Barre
Franklin Pittston
Georgetown Wilkes-Barre
Hanover Nanticoke
Headley's Grove Harveyville
Hendricksburgh Ashley
Hicks Ferry Belbend
Highland Jeddo
Hollywood Milnesville
Honey Pot Nanticoke
Hughestown Pittston
Humbolt Hazleton
Ice Cave Trucksville
Iona Shickshinny
Laflin Pittston
Marr Avoca
Mill Creek Miner's Mills
Mill Hollow Luzerne
Mount Hunlock Larksville
Mocanaqua Shickshinny
Newtown Wilkes-Barre / Ashley
New Troy Wyoming
Penobscot Mountain Top
Pincherville Orange
Pleasant Hill Sweet Valley
Pleasant Hill P.O. Lawrence Co., PA
Pleasant Valley P.O. Bucks County, PA
Plumbtown Sugar Notch
Port Bowkley Plainsville
Port Griffith Port Blanchard
Slocum Mountain Top
Solomon's Gap Mountain Top
Woodville Wilkes-Barre
Buttonwood Askam
Falling Springs Harding

Last Updated on 9/9/2001
By Richard Reese
Email: richreese@fast.net

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