Armbrust, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Armbrust, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania
Pushpin Label:Armbrust
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Westmoreland
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:968
Coordinates:40.2236°N -79.5511°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:15616
Area Code:724
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1168397

Armbrust is an unincorporated community which is located in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is situated along Pennsylvania Route 819, southeast of Youngwood.

History

Armbrust has a post office with ZIP code 15616, which opened on June 25, 1856.[1] [2]

Initially named as Weaver's Old Stand, the town was renamed, during the late 1880s, after a postmaster with the last name of Armbrust. Central (aka Feightner) Cemetery, located two miles north, contains twenty-nine gravestones with the surname Armbrust. The oldest (based on date of death) is that of Margaret G. Armbrust, who died in 1895.[3]

Census records for the year 1900 show numerous people with the surname Armbrust living nearby in Hempfield Township.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code . December 20, 2015 . United States Postal Service.
  2. Web site: Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code . . December 20, 2015 . April 28, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153255/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm . dead .
  3. Book: Ruff . Paul Miller . Feightner Cemetery, a.k.a. Scheibeler,Truxal and now Central, Hempfield Township, 1792 - 1996 . 1996 . Baltzer Meyer Historical Society . Greensburg PA . 17.
  4. Web site: Census and Voter Lists . Ancestry.com . September 7, 2020.