Ten_Mile,_Pennsylvania Knowpia

Ten Mile is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1]

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Variant names were "Ten Mile Village" and "Tenmile".^[1] A post office called Ten Mile was established in 1838, the name was changed to Tenmile in 1895, and the post office closed in 1955.^[2] The community was named after nearby Tenmile Creek.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ten Mile
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 128.

40°01′14″N 80°09′23″W / 40.02056°N 80.15639°W / 40.02056; -80.15639

[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ten Mile

[2] "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.

[3] Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 128.

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