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Eighty Four is a small unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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mostly within Somerset Township

Somerset Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Somerset Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,701 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

in Washington County

Washington County, Pennsylvania

-Government and politics:As of November 2008, there are 152,534 registered voters in Washington County .* Democratic: 89,027 * Republican: 49,025 * Other Parties: 14,482...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, United States

United States

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. It lies approximately 25 miles southwest of Pittsburgh and is in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

Eighty Four is home to the 84 Lumber

84 Lumber

84 Lumber is an American building materials chain. 84 Lumber Company is the largest privately held building materials supplier to professional contractors in the country. Headquartered in the Pittsburgh Metro Area town of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, it was founded in 1956 by Joseph Hardy...

company's world headquarters and home of the first 84 Lumber store. It is also a part of the Canon-McMillan

Canon-McMillan School District

The Canon-McMillan School District is a public school district covering the Borough of Canonsburg and Cecil Township and North Strabane Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania...

, Trinity

Trinity Area School District

Trinity Area School District is located near Washington, Pennsylvania. It serves the Pittsburgh exurbs of Canton Township, South Strabane Township, and North Franklin Township, as well as rural Amwell Township. The district encompasses approximately 87 square miles. According to 2000 federal census...

, Ringgold

Ringgold School District

Ringgold School District is a midsized, suburban, public school district located in the northeastern corner of Washington County, Pennsylvania, south of Pittsburgh. The district encompasses 58 square miles including: the city of Monongahela, the boroughs of Donora, New Eagle and Finleyville, and...

, and Bentworth

Bentworth School District

The Bentworth School District is a small, rural public school district located in southwestern Pennsylvania. Bentworth School District encompasses approximately 54 square miles. It covers the boroughs of Bentleyville, Cokeburg and Ellsworth as well as North Bethlehem Township and Somerset Township...

school districts.

Eighty Four is accessible via Pennsylvania Route 519

Pennsylvania Route 519

Pennsylvania Route 519 runs in a north–south route through central Washington County connecting the Glyde area of North Bethlehem Township at the southern terminus with the Hickory area of Mt...

and Route 136

Pennsylvania Route 136

Pennsylvania Route 136 is a long state highway located in Washington, Allegheny, and Westmoreland counties in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at US 40 & PA 18 in Washington...

and interstates 79 and 70. The closest international airport is the Pittsburgh International Airport

Pittsburgh International Airport

Pittsburgh International Airport , formerly Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Greater Pittsburgh International Airport and commonly referred to as Pittsburgh International, is a joint civil–military international airport located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Findlay Township, approximately west of...

in Findlay Township.

Origin of name

Eighty Four was originally named Smithville. Due to postal confusion with another town of the same name, its name was changed to "Eighty Four" on July 28, 1884. Though the origin of the name is uncertain, it has been speculated that the town was named in honour of Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland

Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...

's 1884 election as President of the United States

President of the United States

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, or for the town's mile marker

Milestone

A milestone is one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road or boundary at intervals of one mile or occasionally, parts of a mile. They are typically located at the side of the road or in a median. They are alternatively known as mile markers, mileposts or mile posts...

on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Another theory states that the town was named after the year that the town's post office

Post office

A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...

was built, by a postmaster who "didn't have a whole lot of imagination."

Origin of name

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