Pancoast, Pennsylvania
Pancoast is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1]
History
A post office was established at Pancoast in 1876, and remained in operation until 1899.[2] The former mining community once contained the Pancoast Mine employing at least 36 miners.[3]
gollark: Lifespan AND possible range of interesting experiences/quality of life.
gollark: Anarchoprimitivism: for when you love dying young of otherwise easily preventable diseases after a "nasty, brutish and short" subsistence-level life with no modern amenities!
gollark: Or, well, not doing repost detection apparently.
gollark: The bot is dead.
gollark: Also worse health conditions because no medicine.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pancoast, Pennsylvania
- McKnight, William James (1917). Historical. J.H. Beers. p. 236.
- McKnight, William James (1917). Historical. J.H. Beers. p. 109.
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