Gringo, Pennsylvania

Gringo is an unincorporated community in Hopewell Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1] It is located along Pennsylvania Route 151, near the border with Raccoon Township. The area was the site of an oil field in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; there was at least one functioning well operating until the 1960s. The community has disappeared from most contrmporary maps, but lives on in the name of Gringo Road and a few business names.

References

Further reading

• Buss, T. 1978. Oil boom days in Hopewell. Milestones, Vol. 4, No. 1. Beaver County Historical Society.
• Johnson, E.R. 1998. Where is South Heights? Milestones, Vol. 23, No. 2. Beaver County Historical Society.

External links

• Mention in history of Hopewell Township
• Mention in narrative about South Heights
• Mention in article about early place names in Beaver County
• Map

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