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Rough and Ready, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 40°40′46″N 76°37′40″W / 40.67944°N 76.62778°W / 40.67944; -76.62778
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Rough and Ready
Rough and Ready is located in Pennsylvania
Rough and Ready
Rough and Ready
Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°40′46″N 76°37′40″W / 40.67944°N 76.62778°W / 40.67944; -76.62778
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountySchuylkill
Elevation
732 ft (223 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
17941
Area code570
GNIS feature ID1204550[1]

Rough and Ready is a cross-roads located in Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, west of Hepler, near the confluence of Little Mahantango Creek and Mahantango Creek, which flows west into the Susquehanna River. It uses the Klingerstown, Pennsylvania ZIP Code of 17941.[2] The place, which consists of two homes and a church, was named for the gold-rush town of Rough and Ready, California, which in turn was named by a mining company also named in honor of Zachary Taylor's nickname, "Old Rough and Ready."[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rough and Ready, Pennsylvania
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-08-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Origins of town names of Northeast PA". Nepanewsletter.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.