Sigel, Pennsylvania
Appearance
Sigel, Pennsylvania | |
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![]() Intersection of PA 36 and PA 949 in Sigel | |
Coordinates: 41°16′30″N 79°06′47″W / 41.27500°N 79.11306°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Jefferson |
Township | Eldred |
Elevation | 1,804 ft (550 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 15860 |
Area code | 814 |
GNIS feature ID | 1211954[1] |
Sigel is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 36 and Pennsylvania Route 949, 8 miles (13 km) north of Brookville. Sigel has a post office with ZIP code 15860, which opened on May 26, 1862.[2][3]
History
[edit]Sigel was originally called Haggerty, and under the latter name was laid out in 1850 by Judah P. Haggerty.[4] In 1865, it was renamed after German-American Civil War major general Franz Sigel.[5]
Notable person
[edit]- Bob Shawkey, former baseball player and member of the New York Yankees' first World Series championship team in 1923
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sigel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ McKnight, William James (1917). Historical. J.H. Beers. p. 458.
- ^ "Sigel, PA - Signs of History on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
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