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Tarrs, Pennsylvania

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The town was the site of a coal mine, first developed in 1873 by D.A. Dillinger and Brothers. It was later acquired by the Southwest Coal and Coke Company and was known as the "No. 3" mine. Approximately 250 coke ovens were eventually located there.
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In 1906, historian John Newton Boucher described Tarrs as being located along "the South-West Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad" between
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By 1910, the population had reached roughly five hundred. The mine and coke works closed in 1923.
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Tarrs has its own post office, with zip code 15688. It was established in April 1828.
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Depalma's Grocery Store located in Tarrs, pictured here in 1910.
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Unincorporated community
PA 31 eastbound in Tarrs
PA 31
Tarrs is located in Pennsylvania
Tarrs is located in the United States
40°10′12″N 79°35′53″W / 40.17000°N 79.59806°W / 40.17000; -79.59806
Country
State
Pennsylvania
County
Westmoreland
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UTC-5
Eastern (EST)
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unincorporated community
coal town
East Huntingdon Township
Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Route 31
Mt. Pleasant
Civil Defense

Ruffs Dale
Alverton
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tarrs, Pennsylvania

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