Axemann, Pennsylvania

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Axemann, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Axemann
Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
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Axemann
Axemann (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°53′24″N77°45′37″W / 40.89000°N 77.76028°W / 40.89000; -77.76028
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Centre
Township Spring
Named for Mann Axe Factory
Elevation
837 ft (255 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1168535 [1]

Axemann Village is an unincorporated community in Centre County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [2]

History

Axemann was named after the local Mann Axe Factory, which was founded by the Irish-American Mann family. [3] The community once was a center of axe manufacturing in Pennsylvania.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Axemann, Pennsylvania
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Axemann, Pennsylvania
  3. ↑ Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 305. ISBN   978-0-8063-0416-8.
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