Laboratory, Pennsylvania

Laboratory, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°09′18″N 80��12′48″W / 40.15500°N 80.21333°W / 40.15500; -80.21333Coordinates: 40°09′18″N 80°12′48″W / 40.15500°N 80.21333°W / 40.15500; -80.21333
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Washington
Elevation	1,348 ft (411 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	724
GNIS feature ID	1213977^[1]

Laboratory is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1] It is home to the Moses Little Tavern.

An early variant name was "Pancake", after George Pancake, a pioneer citizen.^[2] Laboratory has been noted for its unusual place name.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Laboratory, Pennsylvania
^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 97.
^ Petras, Kathryn; Petras, Ross (18 December 2007). Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity. Random House Publishing Group. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-307-41761-9.

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