Sigel is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 36 and Pennsylvania Route 949, 8 miles (13 km) north of Brookville. Sigel has a post office with ZIP code 15860, which opened on May 26, 1862.[2][3]

Sigel, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Intersection of PA 36 and PA 949 in Sigel
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Coordinates: 41°16′30″N 79°06′47″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Jefferson
Township	Eldred
Elevation	1,804 ft (550 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	15860
Area code	814
GNIS feature ID	1211954[1]

History

Sigel was originally called Haggerty, and under the latter name was laid out in 1850 by Judah P. Haggerty.[4] In 1865, it was renamed after German-American Civil War major general Franz Sigel.[5]

Notable person

• Bob Shawkey, former baseball player and member of the New York Yankees' first World Series championship team in 1923

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