Official Name: | Porkey, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Forest |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Howe |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1207 |
Coordinates: | 41.6119°N -79.1656°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1209901 |
Porkey is an unincorporated community in Howe Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The settlement is located within the Allegheny National Forest along Pennsylvania Route 666, next to Tionesta Creek.
The early settlement contained three lumber mills and was described as "a small but active little town".[1]
Porkey was a stop on the Sheffield and Tionesta Railway, a now-abandoned 40miles-long railway that began operating in 1900.[2] [3]
A wagon bridge was built across Tionesta Creek at Porkey in 1918.[1]