Compass is an unincorporated community in West Caln Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Compass is located at the intersection of state routes 10 and 340.[2]

The community was named after the image of a compass on the sign of a tavern.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Compass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Chester County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2013.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 26.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass,_Pennsylvania
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