Sigel 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
Eldred Township,
Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania
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, United States.
The community is located at the intersection of
Pennsylvania Route 36
Pennsylvania Route 36 (PA 36) is a long state highway located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 26, PA 26 near the Hopewell Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Hopewell Township community of Y ...
and
Pennsylvania Route 949, north of
Brookville. Sigel has a
post office
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with
ZIP code 15860, which opened on May 26, 1862.
History
Sigel was originally called Haggerty, and under the latter name was laid out in 1850 by Judah P. Haggerty.
In 1865, it was renamed after German-American Civil War major general
Franz Sigel
Franz Sigel (November 18, 1824 – August 21, 1902) was a German American military officer, revolutionary and immigrant to the United States who was a teacher, newspaperman, politician, and served as a Union major general in the American Civil ...
.
Notable person
*
Bob Shawkey, former baseball player and member of the
New York Yankees
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' first World Series
championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this sys ...
team in
1923
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References
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Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
1850 establishments in Pennsylvania