McVille, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
McVille is located in Pennsylvania
McVille
McVille
Coordinates: 40°43′33″N 79°36′10″W / 40.72583°N 79.60278°W / 40.72583; -79.60278
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyArmstrong
TownshipSouth Buffalo
Elevation
1,073 ft (327 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1180808[1]

McVille is an unincorporated community in South Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is 6.6 miles (10.6 km) northeast of Freeport along PA-128, north of Nicholson Run. McVille Airport lies 0.7 miles (1.1 km) to the northeast on Ford City Road at 40°44′07″N 79°35′57″W / 40.73528°N 79.59917°W / 40.73528; -79.59917. McVille Union Cemetery is located nearby, on the north side of McVille Road, at 40°43′39″N 79°36′18″W / 40.72750°N 79.60500°W / 40.72750; -79.60500.

History

The McVille post office was established on May 5, 1864, with Robert McCaslin as postmaster.[2][3] It remained in operation until 1903.[2] That same year, 1864, John Boyd opened a store about 190 yards northwest of the steam mill then located on the west side of Nicholson's run.[3] The first and only resident clergyman at McVille in 1883 was Rev. Jacob F. Dean, Baptist, who settled there in 1868.[3]

McVill P.O. appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "McVille". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Robert Walter Smith (1883). "History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Chapter 20, page 442". Chicago: Waterman, Watkins. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  4. ^ "Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 69". Pomeroy, Whitman & Co. 1876. Retrieved November 9, 2018.


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