Ten Mile, Pennsylvania

Ten Mile is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania.[1]

History

Variant names were "Ten Mile Village" and "Tenmile".[1] A post office called Ten Mile was established in 1838, the name was changed to Tenmile in 1895, and the post office closed in 1955.[2] The community was named after nearby Tenmile Creek.[3]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ten Mile
"Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 128.

Municipalities and communities of Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Washington
Cities	Monongahela Washington
Boroughs	Allenport Beallsville Bentleyville Burgettstown California Canonsburg Centerville Charleroi Claysville Coal Center Cokeburg Deemston Donora Dunlevy East Washington Elco Ellsworth Finleyville Green Hills Houston Long Branch Marianna McDonald‡ Midway New Eagle North Charleroi Roscoe Speers Stockdale Twilight West Brownsville West Middletown
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Unincorporated communities	Amity Blainsburg Cecil Condit Crossing Cool Valley Courtney Cracker Jack Denbo Fallowfield Florence Gambles Glyde Good Intent Hazel Kirk Laboratory Log Pile Lover Manifold McAdams North Fredericktown Old Concord P and W Patch Prosperity Raccoon Richeyville Scenery Hill Strabane Studa Ten Mile Venetia Vestaburg
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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