Armbrust, Pennsylvania

Armbrust, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Armbrust is located in Pennsylvania
Armbrust
Armbrust
Coordinates: 40°13′25″N 79°33′04″W / 40.22361°N 79.55111°W / 40.22361; -79.55111
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyWestmoreland
Elevation
968 ft (295 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
15616
Area code724
GNIS feature ID1168397[1]

Armbrust is an unincorporated community which is located in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] 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.[2][3]

Initially named as Weaver's Old Stand, the town was renamed, during the late 1880s, after a postmaster with the last name of Armbrust.[citation needed] 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.[4]

Census records for the year 1900 show numerous people with the surname Armbrust living nearby in Hempfield Township.[5]

  • 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. ^ a b "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.