Mazeppa is a city located in Union County

Union County, Pennsylvania

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 41,624 people, 13,178 households, and 9,211 families residing in the county. The population density was 131 people per square mile . There were 14,684 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. The city was named in honor of Hetman Ivan Mazepa

Mazeppa

-Places:United States* Mazeppa, Minnesota* Mazeppa, Pennsylvania* Mazeppa Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota* Mazeppa Township, South DakotaAustralia* Mazeppa National Park-People:* Ivan Mazepa, known also as Mazeppa, a Ukrainian Cossack hetman...

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History

It was founded by Samuel Bowyer and his wife Sarah, presumably about 1886. Original title Boyertaun. Name the city - Mazeppa gave the teacher Clement Edmunds in 1886, taking it from the works of "Mazeppa" Lord Byron. In 1788 the city was built the first mill, which functioned until 1981. Mazeppa passes through the town highway number 1001.

Links

• Mazeppa, Pennsylvania
• Mazeppa in the National Geographic Service