Rough and Ready, Pennsylvania

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Rough and Ready
Unincorporated community
Rough and Ready is located in Pennsylvania
Rough and Ready
Rough and Ready
Location within the state of Pennsylvania
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Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Schuylkill
Elevation 732 ft (223 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 17941
Area code(s) 570
GNIS feature ID 1204550[1]

Rough and Ready is a village located in Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania near the confluence of the Little Mahantango Creek and Mahantango Creek, which flows west into the Susquehanna River. It uses the Klingerstown zip code of 17941. [1] The village was named for the gold-rush town of Rough and Ready, California, which in turn was named by a mining company also named in honor of Zachary Taylor's nickname, "Old Rough and Ready." [2]

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  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rough and Ready, Pennsylvania
  2. http://www.nepanewsletter.com/towns