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As the population grew, so did the one room school houses and churches in the village and surrounding township. ‘There was a doctor on 24-hour call who traveled by horse and buggy, and a midwife who delivered many babies.'
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built a track from their quarries out from Grafton to the line of the Huntingdon & Broad Top railroad, one-half mile south of the station for the purpose of shipping limestone to their furnace at Saxton.’
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was built on land previously owned by Jacob Fink and John Peightal. However—it was Andrew F. Grove who erected the first house and on May 26, 1869 named the place
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was incorporated and on August 13, 1855, trains began running from Huntingdon to Bedford.’—through Penn Township.
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Huntingdon Daily News (Huntingdon, Pa.) June 27, 1925 Pg.7 Col.2. Local and Personal.
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History of Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania; J. Simpson Africa (1883) GRAFTON Pg. 338.
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The Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad ceased operation on March 31, 1954.
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Cemetery File-'Raystown Project Reinterment'-Hunt. Co. Historical Society
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In the 1890s—the first telephones are installed in the village by the
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On June 16, 1925—the Grafton Post Office changed to its present name
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Huntingdon Daily News (Huntingdon, Pa.) July 22, 1981 Pg. 24 Col. 6.
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Huntingdon Journal (Huntingdon, Pa.) April 30, 1873 Pg. 3. Col. 1.
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Mapleton Item (Mapleton Depot, Pa.)December 9, 1896 Pg. 5 Col. 4.
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Huntingdon Globe (Huntingdon, Pa.) March 12, 1885 Pg. 3 Col. 1.
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1873 Pomeroys Atlas of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania—Grafton.
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Unincorporated communities in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
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Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States
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Unincorporated community
Hesston is located in Pennsylvania
Hesston is located in the United States
40°25′36″N 78°7′2″W / 40.42667°N 78.11722°W / 40.42667; -78.11722
Country
State
Pennsylvania
County
Huntingdon
Township
Penn
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern (EST)
DST
UTC-4
ZIP codes
Area code
814
unincorporated community
Penn Township
Huntingdon County
Pennsylvania
Raystown Lake

Juniata River
Huntingdon Area School District
ibid.
loc. cit.
idem

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