R.D. Was an address system before 911 and emergency services wanted every place to have a physical address.

R.D. Stood for rural delivery, then it was changed to R.R. For Rural Route.

I can remember RFD, rural free delivery.

Makes sense.
Im trying to find a map of rural routes. I suppose I could stop into the local post office and ask.

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That's probably your best bet. Then they can tell you what the new road name is. Pretty sure that county has eliminated all of the RR addresses just as ours has.

Yep, and as far as I could tell growing up with an R.D. address, it didn’t really correlate to anything directly. It probably made sense for the post office and letter carrier route, but there was no way to find my house based on the address.

Also, if I remember correctly, I at least had some numbers with the address — some time before that addresses could simply be R.D. cityname and the post office just had to know by the name on the envelope where to deliver it. That was before my time, though.

RD is no longer used anymore. RD2 as a example could be any number of roads in a grid that was assigned to one or two post office delivery routes

Post office is a smart idea. If no luck there, try the town hall.

You were given a route number, and then later on a box number. So you would be Joe Blow RD 2 Box 1234 Mansfield PA 16933

The post office in Annville is usually not very crazy, so I'm sure you can find help there.

From the area, haven't run into an RD address before. Might be an older address from somewhere up north, around Waterworks or Bellegrove.

Another option might be the historical society in Lebanon. They have a crazy amount of information all around the county.

I’m sure the area has changed much. Back when my dad lived there they had a shack for a home my mom said.

If the zip was 17003, covers a pretty wide area. Shack is more likely to have been north of 422 but could have been in North Londonderry, North Annville or East Hanover Townships. If you know the years he lived in the area, and he owned the property, try doing a name search in the tax assessors office at the county courthouse. Helps to know the road he lived on. Post Office does not keep records of past residents.

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You might also have luck with asking the historical society.

I used to do addressing. It could be in the post office’s red book, but I doubt it.

If I were looking into this for a customer, I’d ask for the home owner’s name and pull the deed from the recorder of deeds. If you follow the sale of the property (grantor to grantee) to present day, you could see where that parcel is now.

It’s also possible that the property has been subdivided or consolidated, so it may not be exactly the same as it was. Another great place to find historical information is the assessment office. They may have notes about the owners, address, and even photos.

Thanks. That’s a good idea