Frenchville, Pennsylvania

Frenchville is an unincorporated community in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 879, 12.7 miles (20.4 km) east-northeast of Clearfield. Frenchville has a post office with the ZIP code 16836, which opened on February 18, 1839.[2][3] Frenchville was named for the French ancestry of its first settlers.[4] In this community, developed Frenchville French, a unique dialect of the French language that was spoken in the area until the 1960s. The first white burial in the county (1771) was a French seaman, Tohas Auxe, who died en route from Canada to New Orleans. The stone was discovered on a local farm in 1896. The annual Frenchville Picnic is held at the St. Mary's Catholic Church since the 1870s.

Frenchville, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Frenchville is located in Pennsylvania
Frenchville
Frenchville
Coordinates: 41°06′17″N 78°13′12″W
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyClearfield
Elevation
1,401 ft (427 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
16836
Area code814
GNIS feature ID1175232[1]

References
  1. "Frenchville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  3. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  4. Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.
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