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Sigel, Pennsylvania

Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States

41°16′30″N 79°06′47″W / 41.27500°N 79.11306°W / 41.27500; -79.11306CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyJeffersonTownshipEldredElevation

1,804 ft (550 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

15860

Area code814GNIS feature ID1211954^[1]

Sigel is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1] The community is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 36 and Pennsylvania Route 949, 8 miles (13 km) north of Brookville. Sigel has a post office with ZIP code 15860, which opened on May 26, 1862.^[2]^[3]

History

Sigel was originally called Haggerty, and under the latter name was laid out in 1850 by Judah P. Haggerty.^[4] In 1865, it was renamed after German-American Civil War major general Franz Sigel.^[5]

Notable person

Bob Shawkey, former baseball player and member of the New York Yankees' first World Series championship team in 1923

References

^ ^a ^b "Sigel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved April 5, 2015.
^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
^ McKnight, William James (1917). Historical. J.H. Beers. p. 458.
^ "Sigel, PA - Signs of History on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved November 4, 2019.