Official Name: | Sigel, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Sigel |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jefferson |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Eldred |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1804 |
Coordinates: | 41.275°N -79.1131°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 15860 |
Area Code: | 814 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1211954 |
Sigel is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 36 and Pennsylvania Route 949, north of Brookville. Sigel has a post office with ZIP code 15860, which opened on May 26, 1862.[1] [2]
Sigel was originally called Haggerty, and under the latter name was laid out in 1850 by Judah P. Haggerty.[3] In 1865, it was renamed after German-American Civil War major general Franz Sigel.[4]