Compass is an unincorporated community in West Caln Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Compass is located at the intersection of state routes 10 and 340.[2]
The community was named after the image of a compass on the sign of a tavern.[3]
References
- ^ "Compass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Chester County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 26.
