Official Name: | Forbes Road, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania |
Pushpin Label: | Forbes Road |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Westmoreland |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1096 |
Coordinates: | 40.3539°N -79.5217°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 15633 |
Area Code: | 724 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1174946 |
Forbes Road is an unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 819, north of Greensburg. Forbes Road has a post office with ZIP code 15633, which opened on July 1, 1903.[1] [2]
Jamison Coal & Coke Company opened a shaft-entry coal mine at Forbes Road in 1900. Known as Jamison No. 3 Mine, its production peaked in 1910, when the facility produced nearly 600,000 tons of coal and employed over 400 people. Jamison ceased operations in Forbes Road in the 1950s.[3] Several buildings and other remains that were part of the mining complex are visible along Hugus Street as of July 2019.