Rector

Rector is a small unincorporated community in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2000, the population of Rector was 600.

Type: Hamlet
Description: human settlement in United States of America
Also known as: “Byers Station”, “Rector, PA”, and “Rector, Pennsylvania”
Postal code: 15677

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laughlintown and Ligonier.

Laughlintown

Hamlet

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Laughlintown is an unincorporated community that is located in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 30, 3 miles southeast of Ligonier. The town is named after a person named Robert Laughlin. Laughlintown is situated 2½ miles northeast of Rector.

Ligonier

Town

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Ligonier is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,513 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Ligonier is situated 3 miles north of Rector.

Stahlstown

Hamlet

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Stahlstown is a small unincorporated community that is located in Cook Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated 50 mi southeast of Pittsburgh, 4 mi northeast of the Donegal exit on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, at the intersection of state route 711 and state route 130. Stahlstown is situated 6 miles southwest of Rector.

Rector

Categories: unincorporated community and locality
Location: Ligonier Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.19674° or 40° 11′ 48″ north

Longitude

-79.23864° or 79° 14′ 19″ west

Elevation

1,299 feet (396 metres)

Open location code

87G25QW6+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158324552

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5207757

Wikidata ID

Q23137522

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“Rector” goes by many names.

Japanese: “レクター”

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