Porkey, Pennsylvania

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Porkey, Pennsylvania
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Porkey, Pennsylvania
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Porkey, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 41°36′43″N79°09′56″W / 41.61194°N 79.16556°W / 41.61194; -79.16556 Coordinates: 41°36′43″N79°09′56″W / 41.61194°N 79.16556°W / 41.61194; -79.16556
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Forest
Township Howe
Elevation 1,207 ft (368 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID 1209901 [1]

Porkey is an unincorporated community in Howe Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1]

Howe Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania Township in Pennsylvania, United States

Howe Township is a township in Forest County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 405 at the 2010 census.

Forest County, Pennsylvania County in the United States

Forest County is a county located in Western Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 7,716, making it the third-least populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Tionesta. The county was created in 1848 and later organized in 1857.

The settlement is located within the Allegheny National Forest along Pennsylvania Route 666, next to Tionesta Creek.

Allegheny National Forest

The Allegheny National Forest is a National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania, about 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The forest covers 513,175 acres of land. Within the forest is Kinzua Dam, which impounds the Allegheny River to form Allegheny Reservoir. The administrative headquarters for the Allegheny National Forest is in Warren. The Allegheny National Forest has two ranger stations, one in Marienville, Forest County, and the other in Bradford, McKean County.

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History

The early settlement contained three lumber mills and was described as "a small but active little town". [2]

Porkey was a stop on the Sheffield and Tionesta Railway, a now-abandoned 40 mi (64 km)-long railway that began operating in 1900. [3] [4]

A wagon bridge was built across Tionesta Creek at Porkey in 1918. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Porkey
  2. 1 2 Pavlansky, Joseph; Hanahan, Paula (2017). Forest County. Arcadia. p. 104.
  3. ↑ "Stations of the Past". West2k.Com. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sheffield & Tionesta Railway" (PDF). LaBelle Woodworking Company. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
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