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Goheenville, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 40°54′24″N 79°22′19″W / 40.90667°N 79.37194°W / 40.90667; -79.37194
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Goheenville, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Goheenville is located in Pennsylvania
Goheenville
Goheenville
Coordinates: 40°54′24″N 79°22′19″W / 40.90667°N 79.37194°W / 40.90667; -79.37194
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyArmstrong
TownshipBoggs
Elevation
1,089 ft (332 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
16259
GNIS feature ID1175777[1]

Goheenville is an unincorporated community in Boggs Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is located 7.7 miles (12.4 km) south of New Bethlehem via PA 66 and 12.0 miles (19.3 km) north of Kittanning.

History

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Goheenville began as a hamlet in the forks of the head branches of Scrub Grass Creek where, in 1840, George W. Goheen erected a grist mill and two saw mills; which were assessed the next year (1851) at $500, with a new house in 1852, and as a merchant in 1857.[2] Soon afterwards Goheenville contained a public schoolhouse, a store, physician's office, three mills, blacksmith shop and a few dwelling-houses.[2] A business directory of Pine Township includes: Goheen, G. W., Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, &c. P. O. Goheenville.[3]

Scrub Grass post office was established about a mile and a quarter northeast of this point in the summer of 1844, Wm. J. Calhoun, postmaster.[2][4] It was later relocated to Goheenville about 1850 and, on June 20, 1866, its name was changed to Goheenville with George W. Goheen being the second postmaster.[2][4] It remained in operation until 1905. Goheenville P.O. appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Goheenville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b c d Robert Walter Smith (1883). "History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Chapter 11, page 257". Chicago: Waterman, Watkins. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 63". Pomeroy, Whitman & Co. 1876. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2018.