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Fordham, Pennsylvania

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Coordinates: 40°54′54″N 79°01′59″W / 40.91500°N 79.03306°W / 40.91500; -79.03306
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Fordham is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1]

History

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A post office was established at Fordham in 1893, and closed the next year in 1894.[2][3]

Notable person

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Steve Harrick, head football coach at West Virginia Tech from 1935 to 1946, was born in Fordham in 1897.[4]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fordham, Pennsylvania
  2. ^ "Jefferson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  3. ^ McKnight, William James (1917). Historical. J.H. Beers. p. 234.
  4. ^ "Steve Harrick Wrestling Scholarship". Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

40°54′54″N 79°01′59″W / 40.91500°N 79.03306°W / 40.91500; -79.03306

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