Smethport Area High School Graduation Set for June 6

May 19, 2008

Bradford Era — by Fran De Lancy

Dr. Justin Puller, valedictorian of the Smethport Area Junior-Senior High School Class of 1996 and now an emergency room physician at Hamot Medical Center in Erie, will speak at his alma mater’s commencement exercises on June 6.

Meanwhile, Megan Woods has been named the valedictorian of the Class of 2008 and will graduate with a 4.0 grade point average at commencement. Also, Diana Phalon is the salutatorian. Read more >>

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About Smethport

Smethport is a borough of McKean County, Pennsylvania, and the county seat. It is also Pennsylvania’s first Route 6 Heritage Community. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,515.

Dutch land surveyors explored Smethport in 1807 and selected it as northwest Pennsylvania’s most perfect town site. The community was named after Raymond and Theodore de Smeth, Dutch bankers and business agents based in Amsterdam, who established their firm in 1736.