Jenners is an

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in Jenner Township, Somerset County,

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, United States. It is part of the

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Metropolitan Statistical Area. Other nearby unincorporated communities within Jenner Township include Jenner Crossroad, Ferrellton, Acosta, Gray and Ralphton. Also nearby but with separate municipal governments are the boroughs of Jennerstown and Boswell. Jenners is also part of the North Star School District. The Jenners area code is: 814; the zip code: 15546.

History

Jenners was built in 1907 as a company town, by the Consolidation Coal Company, an interest of the Rockefeller Family of New York, to house workers of its Mine No. 118. Jenners was named after its township, Jenner Township, Pennsylvania (where a brief history of the area is found on its wiki page).

Notable person

Joseph Darby, who in April 2004 the Pentagon credited as the lone soldier who came forward to halt and expose the

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prisoner-of-war abuse scandal in Baghdad, Iraq, is a native of Jenners and a graduate of nearby North Star High School."One Soldier's Unlikely Act Family Fears for Man Who Reported Iraqi Prisoner Abuse" Washington Post. May 6, 2004. Darby received the 2005

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from the John F. Kennedy Foundation for his actions.www.jfklibrary.org
/ref> Darby's actions sparked controversy locally; Darby's family felt that the community turned against him for being the whistleblower about

References

External links

Jenners, Pennsylvania
on

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Map of the Windber coal field showing Jenners' proximity to other local deep coal mines.
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