Rimer, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

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Rimer, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Rimer
Coordinates: 40°56′10″N79°31′31″W / 40.93611°N 79.52528°W / 40.93611; -79.52528
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Armstrong
Township Madison
Elevation
846 ft (258 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1185087 [1]

Rimer is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] It has also been called Rimerton and Rimerton Station. [2] [3]

History

A post office called Rimer was established in 1868, with John Rimer as postmaster. [4] [3] It remained in operation until 1951. [4] Rimerton Station and Rimer P.O. appear in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. [2] Frank Mast, who kept a store, was postmaster in 1913. [3]

Rimerton was first assessed in 1867, when there were 19 taxables, one innkeeper, one merchant, and one laborer. The real estate valuation was $2,229, personal, $44, and the occupations, $150. [3] In 1880, there was no increase in the population or extent of the town. [3] Rev. B. B. Killikelly preached there in 1853. [3] In 1913, the town consisted of twelve houses, a hotel, kept by C. J. Zeis, and two stores, of which G. W. Clouse & Co. and Frank Mast were the proprietors. [3] A station of the Pennsylvania Railroad was located there in 1913. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rimer". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 "Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 49". Pomeroy, Whitman & Co., 1876. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Armstrong County, PA: Her People, Past and Present, Chapter 35, page 259". Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1914. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Post Offices:Pennsylvania, Armstrong County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2018.