Loop was an unincorporated community in West Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.[1][2] It was named for being near a loop-like meander of Mahoning Creek.[3] Lysander Barrett settled in the area around 1842; an iron furnace was erected in 1847.[4] Before its eventual abandonment, the community had a post office (from 1885 to 1959), a schoolhouse, and a stop on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway.[4][5]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Loop Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. Graff, Bill (May 16, 1998). "Grafton, railroads and The Loop". The Indiana Gazette. Indiana, PA. p. 2.
  3. Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.
  4. 1 2 "PastFinder Presents: Those Old Photos". The Indiana Gazette. Indiana, PA. April 21, 2012. p. 4.
  5. "Camera Reflections: Those Old Photographs". Indiana Evening Gazette. Indiana, PA. November 16, 1974. p. 12.

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