Rimer is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Madison Township,
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Armstrong County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,558. The county seat is Kittanning. The county was organized on March 12, 1800, from parts of Allegheny, Westmoreland and Lycom ...
, United States.
It has also been called Rimerton and Rimerton Station.
History
A
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
called Rimer was established in 1868, with John Rimer as postmaster.
It remained in operation until 1951.
Rimerton Station and Rimer P.O. appear in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
Frank Mast, who kept a store, was postmaster in 1913.
Rimerton was first assessed in 1867, when there were 19 taxables, one innkeeper, one merchant, and one laborer. The real estate valuation was $2,229, personal, $44, and the occupations, $150.
In 1880, there was no increase in the population or extent of the town.
Rev. B. B. Killikelly preached there in 1853.
In 1913, the town consisted of twelve houses, a hotel, kept by C. J. Zeis, and two stores, of which G. W. Clouse & Co. and Frank Mast were the proprietors.
A station of the Pennsylvania Railroad was located there in 1913.
References
Unincorporated communities in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
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