Mount Tabor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Mount Tabor, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Mount Tabor
Coordinates: 40°59′15″N 79°13′03″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Armstrong
Township	Redbank
Elevation	1,621 ft (494 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	814
GNIS feature ID	1204231[1]

Mount Tabor is an unincorporated community in Redbank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1] Mount Tabor Cemetery is located nearby at 40°59′11″N 79°13′02″W. The community, once knowns as Dry Ridge, is situated 1.7 miles (2.7 km) east of New Salem at the intersection of Pete Schicks Road with Dry Ridge Road. Dry Ridge school was located nearby at 40°58′38″N 79°13′11″W

History

A post office called Mount Tabor was established in 1883 and closed that same year.^[2] The 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania shows a store at the location of Mount Tabor.^[3] The residents at that time were John C Shaffer, L. C. Shaffer, C. Shaffer, W. Harmon, and R. R. Miller.^[3]

References

1. "Mount Tabor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
3. "Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 66". Pomeroy, Whitman & Co. 1876. Retrieved November 9, 2018.