Goheenville, Pennsylvania

Goheenville is an unincorporated community in Boggs Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is located 7.7 miles (12.4 km) south of New Bethlehem via PA 66 and 12.0 miles (19.3 km) north of Kittanning.

Goheenville, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Goheenville is located in Pennsylvania
Goheenville
Goheenville
Coordinates: 40°54′24″N 79°22′19″W
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyArmstrong
TownshipBoggs
Elevation
1,089 ft (332 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
16259
GNIS feature ID1175777[1]

History

Goheenville began as a hamlet in the forks of the head branches of Scrub Grass Creek where, in 1840, George W. Goheen erected a grist mill and two saw mills; which were assessed the next year (1851) at $500, with a new house in 1852, and as a merchant in 1857.[2] Soon afterwards Goheenville contained a public schoolhouse, a store, physician's office, three mills, blacksmith shop and a few dwelling-houses.[2] A business directory of Pine Township includes: Goheen, G. W., Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, &c. P. O. Goheenville.[3]

Scrub Grass post office was established about a mile and a quarter northeast of this point in the summer of 1844, Wm. J. Calhoun, postmaster.[2][4] It was later relocated to Goheenville about 1850 and, on June 20, 1866, its name was changed to Goheenville with George W. Goheen being the second postmaster.[2][4] It remained in operation until 1905. Goheenville P.O. appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.[3]

References
  1. "Goheenville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Robert Walter Smith (1883). "History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Chapter 11, page 257". Chicago: Waterman, Watkins. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  3. "Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 63". Pomeroy, Whitman & Co. 1876. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
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