Porkey, Pennsylvania

Porkey, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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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	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1209901 [1]

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

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

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-mile-long (64 km) railway that began operating in 1900. ^{[3] [4]}

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

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Porkey
2. Pavlansky, Joseph; Hanahan, Paula (2017). Forest County. Arcadia. p. 104. ISBN   9781467126199.
3. "Stations of the Past". West2k.Com. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
4. "Sheffield & Tionesta Railway" (PDF). LaBelle Woodworking Company. Retrieved August 4, 2017.