Porkey is an unincorporated community in Howe Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1]

Porkey, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 41°36′43″N 79°09′56″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Forest
Township	Howe
Elevation	1,207 ft (368 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1209901[1]

The settlement is located within the Allegheny National Forest along Pennsylvania Route 666, next to Tionesta Creek.

History

The early settlement contained three lumber mills and was described as "a small but active little town".[2]

Porkey was a stop on the Sheffield and Tionesta Railway, a now-abandoned 40 mi (64 km)-long railway that began operating in 1900.[3][4]

A wagon bridge was built across Tionesta Creek at Porkey in 1918.[2]

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