Alverton, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Alverton is located in Pennsylvania
Alverton
Alverton
Coordinates: 40°08′24″N 79°35′14″W / 40.14000°N 79.58722°W / 40.14000; -79.58722
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyWestmoreland
Elevation
1,099 ft (335 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
15612
Area codes724, 878
GNIS feature ID1168243[1]

Alverton is an unincorporated community in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 981, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Mount Pleasant. Alverton has a post office, with ZIP code 15612.[2][3]

History

According to historian John Boucher, the village was originally called Stonerville. A Mennonite congregation built a log meeting house there in the early 1800s, and a brick meeting house in 1841.[4]

Boucher states that Alverton was located along the "South-West Branch" of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which began at Greensburg.[5]

The village was the site of two coal mines, known as Donnelly and Mayfield, which began operations in 1878. At one point, more than three hundred people worked in those two mines. Coke ovens were also located at the site. Coking continued at Alverton until 1983.

A study published in 1994 found seven company-built houses and a former hotel, thought to date to the 1880s and 1900 respectively, still in existence, together with coke ovens of more recent vintage.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Alverton". 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 July 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  4. ^ Boucher, John Newton (1906). History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 309. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  5. ^ Boucher op cit. p. 283.
  6. ^ Boucher op cit page XXXII.
  7. ^ Muller, Edward K. and Carlisle, Ronald C. (1994). "WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites". National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. pp. 47–49.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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