Frenchville is an unincorporated community in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 879, 12.7 miles (20.4 km) east-northeast of Clearfield. Frenchville has a post office with the ZIP code 16836, which opened on February 18, 1839.[2][3] Frenchville was named for the French ancestry of its first settlers.[4] In this community, developed Frenchville French, a unique dialect of the French language that was spoken in the area until the 1960s. The first white burial in the county (1771) was a French seaman, Tohas Auxe, who died en route from Canada to New Orleans. The stone was discovered on a local farm in 1896. The annual Frenchville Picnic is held at the St. Mary's Catholic Church since the 1870s.
Frenchville, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
  Frenchville | |
| Coordinates: 41°06′17″N 78°13′12″W / 41.10472°N 78.22000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Clearfield |
| Elevation | 1,401 ft (427 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 16836 |
| Area code | 814 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1175232[1] |