Desire, Pennsylvania

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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Desire is an unincorporated community in Henderson Township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.

A post office was established at Desire in 1898, and remained in operation until 1923.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=PA&county=Jefferson |title=Jefferson County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=2 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135422/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=PA&county=Jefferson |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}{{cite book|last=McKnight|first=William James|title=Historical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q8wwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA234|year=1917|publisher=J.H. Beers|page=234}} The origin of the name "Desire" is obscure.{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=145|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=141}} Journalist William A. White visited Desire in 1953 and wrote "there is nothing sensational about the name Desire". White described the community as having a few houses, a gas station, and a post office named Desire.{{cite web | last = White | first = William A. | title = Desire, Pa. | publisher = Pittsburgh Press | date = February 13, 1953 | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GEobAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lk0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1833%2C5165386}}