Armbrust, Pennsylvania

Armbrust is an unincorporated community which is located in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is situated along Pennsylvania Route 819, southeast of Youngwood.

History

Armbrust has a post office with ZIP code 15616, which opened on June 25, 1856.
Initially named as Weaver's Old Stand, the town was renamed, during the late 1880s, after a postmaster with the last name of Armbrust., located two miles north, contains twenty-nine gravestones with the surname Armbrust. The oldest is that of Margaret G. Armbrust, who died in 1895.
Census records for the year 1900 show numerous people with the surname Armbrust living nearby in Hempfield Township.