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Welcome to Sarah Furnace ...

Sarah Furnace is located in Clarion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sarah Furnace, you might consider that their post office opened in 1934.

Sarah Furnace is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sarah Furnace lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Sarah Furnace ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sarah Furnace.

  • Butler
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarion
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Kittanning
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Ford City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • West Kittanning
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • West Kittanning is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kittanning
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
  • Knox
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Knox is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox <3>
  • Chicora
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • New Bethlehem
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Rimersburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Parker
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sarah Furnace. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sarah Furnace.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sarah Furnace. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sarah Furnace.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sarah Furnace. See our Newspapers Page for Sarah Furnace.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sarah Furnace ...

Looking for more information about Sarah Furnace? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sarah Furnace, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sarah Furnace.

Adding Sarah Furnace to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sarah Furnace in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Sarah Furnace was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sarah Furnace.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Clarion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sarah Furnace - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.