Reduction (also Flynns) is an unincorporated community in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. United States.[1] The community is located on the Youghiogheny River. Its population is 60, down from a peak of 400.[2]

History

American Reduction Company, a garbage processing company, founded the community to provide housing for its workers at a local garbage plant. The plant closed in 1936, and in 1948, John Stawovy bought the town for $10,000. Their son David put the community up for sale again in 2017.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Reduction, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b DeKok, David (March 23, 2017). "Town of Reduction, population 60, up for sale in Pennsylvania". Reuters. Retrieved March 25, 2017.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduction,_Pennsylvania
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