Distant is an unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is located on state routes 28 and 66, 2.6 miles (4.2 km) south-southwest of New Bethlehem. Distant has a post office with ZIP code 16224.[2][3]

History

A post office called Oakland was established in 1841 and continued operation until 1907.[4] The post office called Distant that remains was established in 1917.[4] Oakland P.O. appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.[5] The founding of the town of Oakland, formerly Texas, is detailed in Chapter 15 of the 1883 History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Distant". 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 December 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  5. ^ "Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 52". Pomeroy, Whitman & Co. 1876. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  6. ^ Robert Walter Smith. "History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Chapter 15, page 349". Chicago: Waterman, Watkins. 1883. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distant,_Pennsylvania
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