Ricketts
Ricketts is a ghost town that was established as a lumber mill company town in Sullivan and Wyoming counties, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Ricketts was built in 1890 along Mehoopany Creek in both Colley Township in Sullivan County and Forkston Township in Wyoming County for sawmills of the Trexler and Turrell Lumber Company.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: location in Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as: “Ricketts, Pennsylvania”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bellasylva.
Bellasylva
Hamlet
Bellasylva is an unincorporated community in Forkston Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. Bellasylva is situated 5 miles northeast of Ricketts.
Ricketts
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.39119° or 41° 23′ 28″ northLongitude
-76.27771° or 76° 16′ 40″ westElevation
2,073 feet (632 metres)Open location code
87H59PRC+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 158520619OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Ricketts” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “リケッツ (ペンシルヴェニア州)”
- Japanese: “リケッツ (ペンシルベニア州)”
- Japanese: “リケッツ”
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