Editing Hookstown, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Hookstown was named after Matthias Hook,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n159 160]}}</ref> an early [[American pioneer|pioneer]] and [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] soldier, and his family. The only known surviving relatives are the McCormick family, who still reside in Hookstown and surrounding areas in [[western Pennsylvania]].

Through his daughter, Catherine Hook, who married George Griffey, multiple present-day descendants across the United States are able to trace their roots back to Mathias Hook. A Griffey family reunion has been held annually in West Springfield every June for more than a hundred years.

In 1975, [[Little Blue Run Lake]], the U.S.'s largest [[coal slurry]] waste impound, was built directly west of the town and has caused environmental damage to the surrounding communities.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}