Rimer, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Rimer is located in Pennsylvania
Rimer
Rimer
Coordinates: 40°56′10″N 79°31′31″W / 40.93611°N 79.52528°W / 40.93611; -79.52528
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyArmstrong
TownshipMadison
Elevation
846 ft (258 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1185087[1]

Rimer is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] It has also been called Rimerton and Rimerton Station.[2][3]

History

A post office called Rimer was established in 1868, with John Rimer as postmaster.[4][3] It remained in operation until 1951.[4] Rimerton Station and Rimer P.O. appear in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.[2] Frank Mast, who kept a store, was postmaster in 1913.[3]

Rimerton was first assessed in 1867, when there were 19 taxables, one innkeeper, one merchant, and one laborer. The real estate valuation was $2,229, personal, $44, and the occupations, $150.[3] In 1880, there was no increase in the population or extent of the town.[3] Rev. B.B. Killikelly preached there in 1853.[3] In 1913, the town consisted of twelve houses, a hotel, kept by C.J. Zeis, and two stores, of which G.W. Clouse & Co. and Frank Mast are the proprietors.[3] A station of the Pennsylvania Railroad was located there in 1913.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rimer". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 "Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 49". Pomeroy, Whitman & Co., 1876. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Armstrong County, PA: Her People, Past and Present, Chapter 35, page 259". Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1914. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Post Offices:Pennsylvania, Armstrong County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2018.


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