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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.
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