Aitch, Pennsylvania

Aitch is an extinct town in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.^[1] The town site was inundated by the creation of Raystown Lake. Aitch Boat Launch retains the name.^[2]

A post office called Aitch was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1973.^[3] The community's name is an acronym of names of first settlers, namely Aumen, Isett, Trexler, Crexwell, and Harker.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Aitch
↑ Enhancing Wildlife Habitat: Demonstration Sites in Pennsylvania. PennState, College of Agricultural Sciences, Cooperative Extension. 1997. p. 39. accesses are at the Aitch Boat Launch...
↑ "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. 8.

Municipalities and communities of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Huntingdon
Boroughs	Alexandria Birmingham Broad Top City Cassville Coalmont Dudley Huntingdon Mapleton Marklesburg Mill Creek Mount Union Orbisonia Petersburg Rockhill Saltillo Shade Gap Shirleysburg Three Springs
Townships	Barree Brady Carbon Cass Clay Cromwell Dublin Franklin Henderson Hopewell Jackson Juniata Lincoln Logan Miller Morris Oneida Penn Porter Shirley Smithfield Springfield Spruce Creek Tell Todd Union Walker Warriors Mark West Wood
CDPs	Allenport McConnellstown
Unincorporated communities	Ardenheim Blairs Mills Calvin Donation Entriken Hesston McAlevys Fort Neelyton Pennsylvania Furnace Puttstown Robertsdale Spruce Creek Warriors Mark Water Street Wood‡
Ghost town	Aitch
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°22′27″N 78°09′33″W / 40.37417°N 78.15917°W / 40.37417; -78.15917

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