Reduction, Pennsylvania

Reduction is an unincorporated community in South [Huntingdon Township, Pennsylvania|South Huntingdon Township], Westmoreland [County, Pennsylvania|Westmoreland County], Pennsylvania. United States. The community is located on the Youghiogheny River. Its population is 60, down from a peak of 400.

History

American Reduction Company, a garbage processing company, founded the community to provide housing for its workers at a local garbage plant. The plant closed in 1936, and in 1948, John Stawovy bought the town for $10,000. Their son David put the community up for sale again in 2017.