Prescottville, Pennsylvania

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Prescottville is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1]

Jefferson County, Pennsylvania County in the United States

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,200. Its county seat is Brookville. The county was established on March 26, 1804, from part of Lycoming County and later organized in 1830. It is named for President Thomas Jefferson. It is home to Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog that predicts when spring will come every February 2.

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Pennsylvania State of the United States of America

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle. The Commonwealth is bordered by Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest, New York to the north, and New Jersey to the east.

History

The first settlement at Prescottville was made in 1853. [2] A post office called Prescottville was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1913. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prescottville, Pennsylvania
  2. McKnight, William James (1917). Historical. J.H. Beers. p. 487.
  3. "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

Coordinates: 41°05′10″N78°51′37″W / 41.08611°N 78.86028°W / 41.08611; -78.86028

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