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Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States
Armbrust, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Armbrust is located in PennsylvaniaArmbrustArmbrust
Coordinates: 40°13′25″N 79°33′04″W / 40.22361°N 79.55111°W / 40.22361; -79.55111
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyWestmoreland
Elevation968 ft (295 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code15616
Area code724
GNIS feature ID1168397

Armbrust is an unincorporated community which is located in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is situated along Pennsylvania Route 819, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) southeast of Youngwood.

History

Armbrust has a post office with ZIP code 15616, which opened on June 25, 1856.

Initially named as Weaver's Old Stand, the town was renamed, during the late 1880s, after a postmaster with the last name of Armbrust. Central (aka Feightner) Cemetery, located two miles north, contains twenty-nine gravestones with the surname Armbrust. The oldest (based on date of death) is that of Margaret G. Armbrust, who died in 1895.

Census records for the year 1900 show numerous people with the surname Armbrust living nearby in Hempfield Township.

Gallery

  • Entrance sign, Central (aka Feightner) Cemetery, Armbrust Rd., PA Route 819, Hempfield Township Entrance sign, Central (aka Feightner) Cemetery, Armbrust Rd., PA Route 819, Hempfield Township
  • Armbrust family grave marker, 1902 Armbrust family grave marker, 1902
  • Armbrust family grave marker, 1905 Armbrust family grave marker, 1905
  • Armbrust family grave marker, 1907 Armbrust family grave marker, 1907

References

  1. ^ "Armbrust". 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 December 20, 2015.
  3. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  4. Ruff, Paul Miller (1996). Feightner Cemetery, a.k.a. Scheibeler,Truxal and now Central, Hempfield Township, 1792 - 1996. Greensburg PA: Baltzer Meyer Historical Society. p. 17.
  5. "Census and Voter Lists". Ancestry.com. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
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