Echo is an unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1]

History

A post office called Echo was established in 1857 and remained in operation until 1940.[2] According to tradition, the community was named from the echoes bouncing off nearby ridges.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Echo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 41.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo,_Pennsylvania
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