Rimer, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States

40°56′10″N 79°31′31″W / 40.93611°N 79.52528°W / 40.93611; -79.52528CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyArmstrongTownship MadisonElevation

846 ft (258 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)GNIS feature ID1185087^[1]

Rimer is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1] It has also been called Rimerton and Rimerton Station.^[2]^[3]

History

A post office called Rimer was established in 1868, with John Rimer as postmaster.^[4]^[3] It remained in operation until 1951.^[4] Rimerton Station and Rimer P.O. appear in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.^[2] Frank Mast, who kept a store, was postmaster in 1913.^[3]

Rimerton was first assessed in 1867, when there were 19 taxables, one innkeeper, one merchant, and one laborer. The real estate valuation was $2,229, personal, $44, and the occupations, $150.^[3] In 1880, there was no increase in the population or extent of the town.^[3] Rev. B.B. Killikelly preached there in 1853.^[3] In 1913, the town consisted of twelve houses, a hotel, kept by C.J. Zeis, and two stores, of which G.W. Clouse & Co. and Frank Mast are the proprietors.^[3] A station of the Pennsylvania Railroad was located there in 1913.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rimer". 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 ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Armstrong County, PA: Her People, Past and Present, Chapter 35, page 259". Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1914. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Post Offices:Pennsylvania, Armstrong County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2018.