Worthington, PA

Worthington is an Armstrong County borough in western Pennsylvania, laid out on land called Mount Lorenzo by Judge James Barr. Its early town plan grew from the meeting of two stage routes: the east-west road between Indiana and Butler and the north-south route between Freeport and Emlenton. Worthington was incorporated as a borough in 1855, and farming, light manufacturing, and earlier iron and woolen operations all left marks on the community's development.

U.S. Route 422 passes south of the borough center, heading east toward Kittanning and west toward Butler. The borough also extends into the Buffalo Creek valley, whose waters lead toward the Allegheny River. That combination of crossroads, creek valley, and older industry gives Worthington a layered Armstrong County map. The village began as a planned collection of lots beside important travel routes, then grew into a municipal place with shops, homes, and work tied to the surrounding countryside. Today the road junction still does much of the orienting, while Mount Lorenzo, Buffalo Creek, and Route 422 keep the nineteenth-century town plan connected to the present.