Custards, Pennsylvania

Custards is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. Custards is located on Pennsylvania Route 285, west of Cochranton and is near Interstate 79 and U.S. Route 19.

Custards, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated settlement
Custards
Coordinates: 41°31′49″N 80°09′33″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Crawford
Townships	Greenwood, Fairfield
Elevation	1,089 ft (332 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	814
GNIS feature ID	1172870[1]

According to the author Robert Waites, the name may have been due to Benjamin Custard, who in 1788 received a 300-acre (120 ha; 1,200,000 m²) land grant, which he'd called Custard's Delight.^[2]

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. Waits, Robert K. (2009). Before Gillette: The Quest for a Safe Razor - Inventors and Patents 1762-1901. Lulu.com. p. 237. ISBN 9780557059102.