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.
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]