Deanville, Pennsylvania

Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States

40°57′00″N 79°23′54″W / 40.95000°N 79.39833°W / 40.95000; -79.39833CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyArmstrongTownship MadisonElevation

1,273 ft (388 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)GNIS feature ID1173035^[1]

Deanville is an unincorporated community in the extreme eastern end of Madison Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1]

History

Deanville was originally called Centerville as shown on the township map of 1876.^[2]^[3]^[4] A post office called Deanville after Rev. J. F. Dean was established on August 3, 1877, Isaac E. Shoemaker, postmaster.^[3]^[5] It remained in operation until 1907.^[5] Before the establishment of Deanville Post Office, mail was brought to Isaac E. Shoemaker's store, shown on the 1876 township map as "Private P.O."^[2]^[3]

Prior to the establishment of Deanville P.O., the town was called Centerville because its position is about central on one of the routes between Kellersburg in Madison township and Oakland in Mahoning township.

References

^ ^a ^b "Deanville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ^a ^b "Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 49". Pomeroy, Whitman & Co. 1876. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Robert Walter Smith (1883). "History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Chapter 12, page 278". Chicago: Waterman, Watkins. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
^ "Armstrong County, PA: Her People, Past and Present, Chapter 35, page 260". Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1914. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2018.