Transition from "In <location name>" from "at <location name>

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Thanks Harry Bundy and Larry Stone. I’m content with the context everyone as provided regarding AT vs IN. 

Larry, your description of Berkely Heights taking its name from the railroad place name was interesting. On reflection, I believe there are a few examples like that in my neck of the woods. No reason to re-invent a place-name; and once they’re named place names are enduring.

Matt Goodman
Columbus, Ohio, US

> On Jun 1, 2023, at 12:35 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> My take is on a railroad, a location is a specific point. You can either be at that location or not at that location. So even today, the first example is correct on a railroad. 
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> Take Juniper, VA located near M.P. N-16 on the Norfolk District between Portlock and Suffolk, VA.  It qualifies as a station.  Pre-1951, the population, excluding water moccasins, bears, and deer, MAY have been considered four -- the four operator-levermen that staffed Juniper Tower and controlled movements on the middle track.  The closest public road was 5+ miles away.  Juniper was not scheduled as a station-stop, but the locals would pick up (or drop-off) staff members going on vacation or rest days.  Wonder how these employees spent their off-time in the middle of the Dismal Swamp ?             Harry Bundy
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