Cowansville, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Cowansville, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania
Pushpin Label:Cowansville
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Armstrong
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:East Franklin
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:1362
Coordinates:40.8878°N -79.5883°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:16218
Area Code:724
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1213572

Cowansville is an unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located on Pennsylvania Route 268, at northwest of Kittanning. Cowansville has a post office, with ZIP code 16218, which opened on August 8, 1849.[1] [2]

History

Middlesex, Cowansville P.O., appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code . December 20, 2014 . United States Postal Service.
  2. Web site: Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code . . December 20, 2014 . April 28, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190428153255/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm . dead .
  3. Web site: Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 35 . Pomeroy, Whitman & Co. . 1876 . 9 November 2018.