Northumberland County, PA - Directory Collection (1884-1911)
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Boyd's Shamokin and Sunbury Directory 1884-1885
(W. Harry Boyd, 1884, 196 pages)
This is a directory of the cities of Shamokin and Sunbury, Northumberland Co., PA for the year 1884-85. The directory lists residents as well as businesses within the cities, providing the resident (or business) name, occupation, and street address for each. This was part of a larger directory, but only the sections on Shamokin and Sunbury are contained.
List of Subscribers - March 1st, 1886 [Telephone Directory, Eastern PA]
(Pennsylvania Telephone Company, 1886, 84 pages)
This is a very early telephone directory covering parts of Berks, Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northampton, Northumberland, Schuylkill and York Counties, Pennsylvania and parts of eastern New Jersey for the year 1886. The directory information includes the resident or business name, (if a business) the type of business, and the address. At the time of publication, actual phone numbers were not in use. The directory information is listed alphabetically by name, and grouped according to location. Also, please note: at the time of publication for this directory, telephones were not in common use. Each of the towns listed below had at least one subscriber in 1886, but some of them had only one.
Pennsylvania Subscribers:
Allentown (including: Aineyville, Alburtis, Ballietsville, Breinigsville, Catasauqua, Chapman's Station, Coplay, Egypt, Emaus, Fogelsville, Fullerton, Helfrich's Springs, Hokendauqua, Macungie, Salsburg, Stemton, Unionville, Wescoesville, Whitehall), Bethlehem (including: Bath, Bingen, Coopersburg, Fountain Hill, Freemansburg, Friedensville, Hellertown, Seidersville, South Bethlehem, West Bethlehem, Wyandotte), Carlisle (including: Boiling Springs, Newville), Columbia (including: Chestnut Hill, Chickies, Fairview, Ironville, Marietta, Mountville, Norwood, Wrightsville), Easton (including: Bangor, Bloomsbury NJ, Bushkill, College Hill, Dock, Edelman's Station, Glendon, Lehicton, Nazareth, Northampton, North Bank, Odenweldertown, Pen Argyle, Phillipsburg NJ, South Easton, Stockertown), Hanover (including: East Berlin), Harrisburg (including: Bridgeport, Camp Hill, Lochiel, New Cumberland, Steeton and Susquehanna Twp.), Lancaster (including: Akron, Bareville, Gordonville, Lampeter Twp., Leacock, Lime Valley, Manheim Twp., Millport, Neffsville, Paradise, Refton, Rockland), Lebanon (including: Annville, Cornwall, Fredericksburg, Guilford, Jonestown, Klinefeltersvillle, Myerstown, North Lebanon, Reistville, Richland, Shaeffertown), Lititz (including: Akron, Brickerville, Brownstown, Brunerville, Ephrata, Lexington, Pennville, Rothsville, Warwick, West Earl), Manheim, Mauch Chunk (including: East Mauch Chunk, Lansford, Lehighton, Parryville, Summit Hill, Weissport), Mechanicsburg (including: Hoguestown), Middletown (including: Goldsboro and Hummelstown), Mount Joy, Pottsville (including Ashland, Centralia, Cressona, Delano, Fountain Spring, Frackville, Gilberton, Gordon, Locust Dale, Locust Gap, Lost Creek, Mahanoy City, Mahanoy Plane, Minersville, Mount Carmel, Myersville, Orwigsburg, Port Carbon, Rothsville, Schuylkill Haven, Shenandoah, St. Clair, Tamaqua, Tamenend, Yorkville), Reading (including: Adamtown, Amityville, Bechtelsville, Bernville, Birdsboro, Blandon, Bridgeport, Boyertown, Brownsville, Cacoosing, Churchville, Clayton, Cumru Twp., Denver, Douglassville, East Reading, Esbach's Crossing, Fleetwood, Friedensburg, Gablesville, Gibraltar, Greisemersville, Hamburg, Hendleton, Kutztown, Leesport, Lyons, Maiden Creek, Mineral Springs, Mohnsville, Mount Pleasant, Oley, Neversink, New Berlinville, Newmanstown, North Reading, Robesonia, Spring Garden, Shanesville, Sheridan, Sinking Spring, South Reading, Spangsville, Steinsville, Stevens, Stonersville, Stouchsburg, Tulpehocken, Wernersville, West Leesport, West Reading, Womelsdorf, Yellow House), Rohrerstown, Slatington (including: Berlinville, Cherryford, Lehigh Gap, Lehighton, Treichler's, Walnutport, Williamstown), Strasburg, York (including: Dallastown, Delta, Emigsville, Glen Rock, Loganville, Manchester, Peach Bottom, Red Lion, Seitzland, Spring Garden Twp., Spring Grove, York Haven)
New Jersey Subscribers:
Belvidere, Clinton (including: Annandale, Landsdown, Glen Gardner), Flemington, Hackettstown (including: Allamunchy, Beattystown, Danville, Mt. Olive, Schooley's Mt., Stanhope, Vienna), Lambertville (including: New Hope, PA), Washington (including: Broadway, CHangewater, Hampton Junction, Oxford, Port Colden)
Schedule of Rates - Shamokin and Mt. Carmel, PA
(Shamokin and Mt. Carmel Board of Underwriters, 1886, 86 pages)
This is a transcription of a poor condition original. The publication was a census of the towns of Shamokin and Mt. Carmel for insurance purposes. The information is arranged by street and lists each property, the owner, and the value of the buildings and contents. There is a section of Mt. Carmel missing which recorded part of Vine, Beech,Turnpike and Railroad streets.
Boyd's Shamokin Directory 1889-1891 (W. Harry Boyd, 1889, 188 pages)
This is a directory of the city of Shamokin, Northumberland Co., PA for the year 1889-1891. The directory lists residents as well as businesses within the cities, providing the resident (or business) name, occupation, and street address for each. This was part of a larger directory, but only the section on Shamokin is contained.
Boyd's Directory of Shamokin 1891-1893 (W. Harry Boyd, 1891, 186 pages)
This is a directory of the city of Shamokin, Northumberland Co., PA for the year 1891-93. The directory lists residents as well as businesses within the cities, providing the resident (or business) name, occupation, and street address for each. Following the Shamokin listings there are also business directory listings for Locust Gap, Mt. Carmel, Northumberland, Sunbury and Trevorton.
Boyd's Directory of Shamokin 1895-1897 (W. Harry Boyd, 1895, 244 pages)
This is a directory of the city of Shamokin, Northumberland Co., PA for the year 1895-97. The directory lists residents as well as businesses within the cities, providing the resident (or business) name, occupation, and street address for each. Following the Shamokin listings there are also business directory listings for Locust Gap, Mt. Carmel, Northumberland, Sunbury and Trevorton.
Breed Publishing Co's Directory of the Pennsylvania Railroad From Sunbury to
Williamsport For the Year 1897. (Breed Publishing Co., 1897, 266 pages)
This is a business and resident directory encompassing Sunbury, Northumberland, Montandon, Lewisburg, Milton, Watsontown, Dewart, Montgomery and Muncy. The directory information includes the name of the primary resident, their occupation and street address. There are also ads for local businesses throughout.
Boyd's Directory of Shamokin 1899-1901 (W. H. Boyd Co., 1899, 254 pages)
This is a resident and business directory of the city of Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA for the years 1889-1901. The directory provides the resident (or business) name, occupation, and street address for each listing. Following the section on Shamokin there are also classified business directories of the nearby towns of Loucst Gap, Mt. Carmel, Northumberland, Sunbury and Trevorton.
1901-1903 Boyd's Directory of Shamokin (W. H. Boyd Co., 1901, 259 pages)
This is a resident and business directory of the city of Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA for the years 1901-1903. The directory provides the resident (or business) name, occupation, and street address for each listing. Following the section on Shamokin there are also classified business directories of the nearby towns of Loucst Gap, Mt. Carmel, Northumberland, Sunbury and Trevorton.
Official Directory Harrisburg Exchange - March 1905
(The Pennsylvania Telephone Co., 1905, 98 pages)
This is an early telephone directory of central Pennsylvania covering parts of Cumberland, Dauphin, Northumberland, Perry and Schuylkill Counties, PA for the year 1905. The directory information includes the resident's name, street address and telephone number. The directory information is listed alphabetically by town.
Towns included:
Beaufort Farm, Beaufort Lodge, Beaufort Orchards, Belle Visat, Berrysburg, Bridgeport, Camp Hill, Cove Forge, Coxextown, Dalmatia, Dauphin, Derry Church, Dornsife, Duncannon, Eberly's Mills, Edgewood, Elizabethville, Elliotsburg, Enhaut, Enola, Estherton, Fort Hunter, Grantville, Gratz, Greenbrier, Halifax, Hanoverdale, Harrisburg, Hebe, Hepler, Herndon, Hickory Corner, Highspire, Hookersville, Hoernerstown, Hummelstown, Kasler, Kirkwood Cottage, Klingerstown, Kramers Mill, Landisburg, Leck Kill, Linglestown, Loysville, Lucknow, Lykens, Mahanoy, Mandata, Marysville, McClellan, Middletown, Millersburg, Millerstown, Milltown, Muir, New Bloomfield, New Cumberland, Newport, Oberlin, Orwin, Otto Station, Paxtang, Paxtonia, Penbrook, Pillow, Pitman, Progress, Rebuck, Reinerton, Riverton, Rough and Ready, Rutherford Station, Sandbeach, Shellsville, Steelton, Swatara, Tower City, Union Deposit, Urban, West Fairview, Williamstown, Wormleysburg
United Telephone & Telegraph Company District No. 4
(United Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1906, 124 pages)
This is an early telephone directory covering parts of Columbia, Juniata, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder and Union Counties, Pennsylvania for the year 1906. The directory information lists the resident's name, street address, telephone number and the type of listing (residential or business). The directory information is listed alphabetically by name, and grouped according to location. Also, please note: at the time of publication for this directory, telephones were still not in common use. Each of the towns listed below had at least one subscriber in 1906, but some of them had only one.
Areas Covered:
Adamsburg (including: Bannerville, Beaver Springs, Beavertown, Benfer, McClure, Middleburg, Troxelville), Benton (Including: Stillwater, Zaner Station), Bloomsburg (including: Almedia, Briar Creek, East Bloomsburg, Espy, Eyersgrove, Forks, Grovania, Irondale, Lightstreet, Lime Ridge, Mordansville, Orangeville, Rupert, West Berwick, Willow Grove), Catawissa (including: Numedia, Roaring Creek, Three Points), Danville (including: Grovania, Mausdale, Rushtown, South Danville, Washingtonville), Lewisburg (including: Brook Park, Buffalo Cross Roads, Cowan, Delta Place, Dry Valley Cross Roads, East Lewisburg, Forest Hill, Kratzerville, Mazeppa, Montandon, New Berlin, Pottsgrove, Red Top, Winfield), Lewistown (including: Alfarata, Burnham, Five Points, Highland Park, Lewistown Junction, Lower Mann, Maitland, Mann, Milroy, Mount Rock, Painterville, Shindle, Yeagertown), Middleburg (including: Beavertown, McClure, Paxtonville, Penns Creek, Swineford), Mifflinburg (including: Glen Iron, Hartleton, Rutherton, Millmont, Vicksburg) Mifflintown (including: Academia, Cocalamus, Cuba Mills, Doyles Mills, Durwood, East Salem, East Waterford, Evandale, Manbeck, McAllisterville, McCoysville, McCullough's Mills, Mexico, Mifflin, Oakland Mills, Port Royal, Reed's Gap, Richfield, Swales, Thompsontown, Walnut), Millville (including: Jerseytown, Rohrsburg), Milton (including: Kelly Cross Roads, New Columbia, West Milton), Mt. Carmel (including: Ashland Road, Camptown, Connorsville, Deibler's Station, Diamondtown, Dooleyville, Greenridge, Locust Gap, Marion Heights), Newport (including: East Newport, Liverpool, Millerstown, Montgomery Ferry, Mount Patrick, New Bloomfield), Northumberland (including: Packer's Island), Reedsville (including: Belleville, Kishacoqillas, Millroy, Naginey, Siglerville, Yeagertown), Selinsgrove (including: Freeburg, Freemont, Georgetown, Globe Mills, Herndon, Hoover's Island, Hoover's Dam, Independence, Isle of Que, Kantz, Kramer, McKees Half Falls, Mt. Pleasant Mills, Port Trevorton, Salem), Shamokin (including: Brady, Cable, Deibler's Station, Edgewood, Elysburg, Enterprise, Excelsior, Farsworth, Irish Valley, Johnson City, Maysville Park, Paxinos, Reed's Station, Seven Points, Springfield, Tharptown, Trevorton, Trevorton Road, Uniontown, Weigh Scales, Yordy), Sunbury (including: Arters, Blue Hill, Clement, Hummel's Wharf, Keefer's Station, Shamokin Dam, Snydertown), Watsontown (including: Allenwod, Comly, Dewart, McEwensville, Turbotville, White Deer)
People's Ideal Telephone Company Directory - Dec 1909
(People's Ideal Telephone Company, 1909, 122 pages)
This is an early directory of a small regional telephone company covering parts of Columbia, Lycoming, Montour and Northumberland Counties, PA for the year 1909. The directory information includes the name of the subscriber and their call number, and is arranged according to rural route lines. The line names are: Strawberry Ridge, Ridge-Washingtonville No. 1 & No. 2, Exchange-Jerseytown, Exchange Local No.1 & No. 2, Exchange-Ridge, Exchange-Millville, Ridge-Limestoneville-Turbotville, Strawberry Ridge-Caseville, Exchange-Opp, Strawberry Ridge-Derry, Exchange-Turbotville, Turbotville-Schuyler, Strawberry Ridge-Valley, Strawberry Ridge-Dutch Hill, Strawberry Ridge-Short, Millville-Pine Summit, Millville-Lairdsville, Exchange-Muncy, Turbotville-Comly, Strawberry Ridge-Pottsgrove, Muncy-Port Penn, Lairdsville-Hughesville, Lairdsville-Unityville, Exchange-White Hall, Turbotville Local No. 1 & No. 2, Hughesville, Muncy and Millville.
Telephone Directory May 1911 - Williamsport, Bellefonte, Lock Haven
and Nearby Places (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1911, 64 pages)
This is a telephone directory of parts of Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Northumberland, Sullivan, and Union Counties, Pennsylvania for the year 1911. It lists 1,000's residents and businesses from these areas, providing the resident's (or business) name, street address and telephone number arranged alphabetically by town.
Towns Included:
Aaronsburg, Allenwood, Antes Fort, Antes Gap, Avis, Axemann, Bastress, Beech Creek, Bellefonte, Bernice, Bitumen, Blanchard, Blueball, Bodines, Brook Park, Brookside, Bryan Mills, Bucknell, Buffalo Roads, Buffalo Run, Castanea, Center Hall, Centre Mills, Chamouni, Chippewa, Clarks, Clintondale, Coburn, Cogan House, Cogan Station, Coleville, Colley, Collomsville, Colyer, Coveytown, Curtin, Dewart, Dice, Dreisbach Church, Drocton, Drurys Run, Duboistown, Dushore, Eagles Mere, Earleystown, East Lewisburg, English Center, Essick Heights, Farrandsville, Farwell's Addition, Fielder, Filmore, Fleming, Flemington, Forest Hill, Frenchtown, Gatesburg, Gleasonton, Glen Iron, Glen Mawr, Halls, Hartleton, Hecla, Hillsgrove, Hoffas Mills, Houserville, Howard, Hughesville, Hyner, Jersey Shore, Julian, Kelly Cross Roads, Kelly Point, Kreamersville, Lairdsville, Lake Ganoga, Lamar, Laporte, Larrys Creek, Laurel Park, Laurelton, Lauvertown, Lewisburg, Limestoneville, Linden, Linntown, Lochiel, Lock Haven, Lockport, Lopez, Madisonburg, McEwensville, Mazeppa, Mifflinburg, Mildred, Milesburg, Mill Hall, Millheim, Millmont, Milton, MIngoville, Montandon, Montgomery, Montoursville, Muncy, Muncy Station, Muncy Valley, New Berlin, Newberry, Newberry Junction, New Columbia, Nisbet, Nordmont, North Bend, North Mountain, North Point, Oriole, Oval, Paradise, Paradise Valley, Penn Hall, Pennsdale, Peru, Picture Rocks, Pine Creek, Pine Run, Pleasant Gap, Pleasant Grove, Pleasant Valley, Port Matilda, Potters Mills, Pottsgrove, Queens Run, Ralston, Rauchtown, Rays Church, Rebersburg, Red Mill, Red Top, Renovo, River Roads, Roaring Branch, Rockville, Roland P.O., Roopsburg, Rotes Mills, Runville, Rutherton, Salem Church, Salladasburg, Salona, Satterfield, Shintown, Smithtown, Smullton, Snow Shoe, Snow Shoe Intersection, Sonestown, South Renovo, South Williasmport, Spring Bank, Spring Mills, State College, Steese Mills, Stormstown, Strawbridge, Swengle, Taylorsville, Trout Run, Turbotville, Unionville, Valley View, Vicksburg, Waddle, Waterville, Watsontown, West Milton, Westport, Whetham, White Pine, Williamsport, Wilmot, Winfield, Wingate P.O., Wolfs Store, Woolrich, Woodward, Yarnell, Zion
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