Forbes Road, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
![]() Houses on Keaggy Avenue | |
Coordinates: 40°21′14″N 79°31′18″W / 40.35389°N 79.52167°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Westmoreland |
Elevation | 1,096 ft (334 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 15633 |
Area code | 724 |
GNIS feature ID | 1174946 [1] |
Forbes Road is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 819, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of Greensburg. Forbes Road has a post office with ZIP code 15633, which opened on July 1, 1903. [2] [3]
Jamison Coal & Coke Company opened a shaft-entry coal mine at Forbes Road in 1900. Known as Jamison No. 3 Mine, its production peaked in 1910, when the facility produced nearly 600,000 tons of coal and employed over 400 people. Jamison ceased operations in Forbes Road in the 1950s. [4] Several buildings and other remains that were part of the mining complex are visible along Hugus Street as of July 2019.
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