Confluence Borough

Confluence Borough Hall, P.O. Box 6, Confluence PA 15424; phone: 814-395-5512.

$ 150,000 – approximate median asking price, single family homes (Sept. 2008).

The Borough was incorporated in 1873 from Lower Turkeyfoot Township.

Polk's 1882 Gazetteer

CONFLUENCE. Was first settled in 1770, incorporated as a borough in 1871, and is now the location of 480 persons, in Lower Turkey Foot township, Somerset county, on P. Div. B. & 0. R. R., and the Youghiogheny river, 25 miles southwest of Somerset court house. Lumber, bark, hoop poles, leather and staves are exported. Ex., B. & 0. Tel.

W. U. Black A G & Son, General Store.
Brooke S H, harnessmkr.
Brown J R, shoemkr.
Brown Leslie, general store.
Burgess A J, wagonmkr.
Burgess Maggie Mrs, milliner.
Cummins Joseph, Tanner.
Dodds W C, general store and livery.
Downer C W, hotel.
Fichtner B A, physician.
Flanigan J M, carpenter.
Frantz T B, shoemkr.
Glisson J, livery.
Groff G G, justice of the peace.
Groff G G & Bro,. General Store,
Humbert A R, carpenter and undertaker.
Koontz & Co, meat market.
McNutt John E, tinner.
Mickey D, justice of the peace.
Miles A, blacksmith.
Mountain W S, physician.
Mountain & Bro, druggists.
Nicola A, Woolen Mill.
Ream Thomas, four and saw mill.
Rederick E O, shoemkr.
Ross A M & Bro, General Store.
Stanton John, livery and blacksmith.
Sterner Scott, hotel.
Tannehill M, dentist.
Tishue John K, flour and saw mill.
Walker & Co, meat market.
Weakland L W, stove mnfr.

R.L.Polk, Pennsylvania State Gazetteer & Business Directory, 1882, Philadelphia