Fordham, Pennsylvania

Fordham is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1]

History

A post office was established at Fordham in 1893, and closed the next year in 1894.[2][3]

Notable people

Steve Harrick, head football coach at West Virginia University Institute of Technology from 1935 to 1946, was born in Fordham in 1897.[4]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fordham, Pennsylvania
  2. "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. McKnight, William James (1917). Historical. J.H. Beers. p. 234.
  4. "Steve Harrick Wrestling Scholarship". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.

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