Bentleyville, Pennsylvania - 15314
N 40° 07.295 W 080° 00.357
17T E 584701 N 4441725
The Bentleyvile Post Office is located at 901 Main Street in the Borough of Bentleyville, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Waymark Code: WMM9HF
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2014
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Bentleyville, Pennsylvania - 15314
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THIS POST OFFICE SERVES
Bentleyville Borough was named for it's founder Sheshbazzar Bentley Jr. two years after his death in 1868 Bentleyville became a Borough.
In 1871 Bentleyville had just thirty-six houses, three stores, one schoolhouse, a literary society, a grist and saw mill and one steam tannery.
In the early 1900's the town fathers were discussing and taking action on such things as lighting the town, grading Main St. and giving taxpayers a chance to work out taxes. Also on the agenda were items to have signs posted on telephone poles and trees removed at once, setting the wages for the road work at $1.50 a day and $0.50 for each arrest made by police.
In 1905 J.G. McCormick presented council a plan of lots known as the McCormick addition.
In 1906 The First National Bank was chartered.
In 1907 A Philadelphia Company, now Equitable Gas, was given the right-of-way to lay and maintain lines of pipe for gas.
In 1910 an agreement was entered into between the Independent Telephone Company and the Maple Creek Telephone Company. Each company would construct pole lines thru their territory in order to join the two exchanges with a Bentleyville switchboard.
In 1921 Bentleyville Fire Department was formed.
In 1960 Bentleyville won a ballpark in Kraft's $20,000 Ball Park Contest which is still known as Carmel Park.
ABOUT THE POST OFFICE
The Post Office is of a 1950s design and is one story.
POST OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 4:30pm
Saturday: 8:00am - 12:00pm
Type of structure:: Stand-Alone
re-enter Zip Code here:: 15314
Current Status:: Still in Use
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