Yohoghany is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1]

History

Yohoghany is a Native American name purported to mean "a stream flowing in a roundabout course".[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yohoghany, Pennsylvania
  2. Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.

40°17′17″N 79°45′48″W / 40.28806°N 79.76333°W / 40.28806; -79.76333


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