Avella (Pennsylvania)

Avella is a dependent settlement and seat of government of the Independence Township, Washington County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania near the border with West Virginia.

In 1904 the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway was opened by Avella and thus the coal mining began in great style. The mines were closed in 1930 and unprofitable. The passenger was set in 1931, the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway now operates the line for freight traffic. The train station of Avella was restored in 2006 and is considered an architectural monument.

Avella is the seat of the eponymous school districts and attracts students from the associated adjacent townships Jefferson and Cross Creek at.

In the north- west of the village lies the Meadowcroft Rockshelter, an archaeological site with the oldest traces of human settlement in North America. It is part of the Museum of Rural Life and can be visited.

40.275122 - 80.461048Koordinaten: 40 ° 17 ' N, 80 ° 28 ' W

• Location in Pennsylvania
• Washington County ( Pennsylvania)
• Location in North America