Sheshequin,_Pennsylvania

Sheshequin, Pennsylvania

Sheshequin, Pennsylvania

Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, U.S.

Sheshequin is an unincorporated community in Bradford County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1]

History

Sheshequin got its start as a Moravian mission in 1769.[1] Sheshequin is a Native American name purported to mean "place of the rattle".[2]

A post office was established at Sheshequin in 1810, and remained in operation until 1916.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sheshequin
  2. [2]
    Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.
  3. [3]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sheshequin Post Office

41°51′19″N 76°29′27″W


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