Bovard, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Bovard is an unincorporated community and coal town in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located near U.S. Route 119, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) northeast of Greensburg and is also the former home of baseball standout, Anthony Marazza. Marazza, dubbed "MR. BOVARD", is notable for leading Bovard to 6 championships in the past decade in the ICL and Pittsburgh Leagues.

Bovard
Unincorporated community
Houses in Bovard
Bovard
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°19′11″N 79°30′12″W
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyWestmoreland
Elevation
1,115 ft (340 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
15619
GNIS feature ID1170039[1]

The town was originally called Crows Nest, a name which survives in Crows Nest Road, a main street in Bovard. The town was the site of the Crows Nest underground bituminous coal mine, which Keystone Coal & Coke Co. opened in 1910. The town was renamed in 1914 after Harry F. Bovard, a mining company executive.[2] According to a publication of the U.S. Department of the Interior:

The Crows Nest Mine at Bovard is located at the end of First Street, along a tributary of Jacks Run.... By 1915 the Crows Nest mine employed 456 persons and produced over 726,000 tons of coal, the largest amount produced from what was one of the most productive mines in the county. Production continued apace during the First World War. Over 540,000 tons of coal were mined each year during the war. Keystone Coal & Coke sold the mine property to Adam Eidemiller in 1942. Underground mining was ended by 1944. Strip mining commenced about this time, and a screening plant handled coal extracted at other mines. Eidemiller closed this coal-cleaning operation in 1950. For a number of years the site remained abandoned. However, in 1959 Adam Eidemiller, Inc. opened the Keystone Concrete Pipe Company, using a number of the old mine buildings for this operation. This concern employed about thirty persons. In 1975 a new coal cleaning plant was constructed next to the concrete pipe factory and leased to the Bovard Processing Company.[3]

Bovard has a post office with ZIP code 15619.[4][5]

  • Houses on Price Road
  • Post Office

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bovard, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
  2. Eidemiller, Sarah. "Village of Bovard in Hempfield marks history". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  3. Muller, Edward K; Carlisle, Ronald C. (1994). Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. pp. 106–107.
  4. United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  5. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
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