McVille, Pennsylvania

McVille, Pennsylvania
McVille, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
	McVille
	Coordinates: 40°43′33″N 79°36′10″W / 40.72583°N 79.60278°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Armstrong
Township	South Buffalo
Elevation	1,073 ft (327 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1180808

McVille is an unincorporated community in South Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1] The community is 6.6 miles (10.6 km) northeast of Freeport along PA-128, south of Nicholson Run. McVille Airport lies 0.7 miles (1.1 km) to the northeast on Ford City Road at 40°44′07″N 79°35′57″W / 40.73528°N 79.59917°W / 40.73528; -79.59917. McVille Union Cemetery is located nearby, on the north side of McVille Road, at 40°43′39″N 79°36′18″W / 40.72750°N 79.60500°W / 40.72750; -79.60500.

History

The McVille post office was established on May 5, 1864, with Robert McCaslin as postmaster.^[2]^[3] It remained in operation until 1903.^[2] That same year, 1864, John Boyd opened a store about 190 yards northwest of the steam mill then located on the west side of Nicholson's run.^[3] The first and only resident clergyman at McVille in 1883 was Rev. Jacob F. Dean, Baptist, who settled there in 1868.^[3]

McVill P.O. appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "McVille". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ^a ^b "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Robert Walter Smith (1883). "History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Chapter 20, page 442". Chicago: Waterman, Watkins. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
^ "Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 69". Pomeroy, Whitman & Co. 1876. Retrieved November 9, 2018.

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[gnis-1] "McVille". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[posthist-2] "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2018.

[smit1883-3] Robert Walter Smith (1883). "History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Chapter 20, page 442". Chicago: Waterman, Watkins. Retrieved November 7, 2018.

[pome1876-4] "Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 69". Pomeroy, Whitman & Co. 1876. Retrieved November 9, 2018.

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