exists and is an alternate of . A leak of piped natural gas will smell something like rotten eggs because a mercaptan (a sulfur containing compound with a distinctive penetrating odor) is added to the gas before distribution. Natural gas as removed directly from the ground has no odor.
Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Honesdale is a borough in and the county seat of Wayne County, Pennsylvania. The borough's population was 4,480 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.
Honesdale, Pennsylvania, was named in honor of Philip Hone, who was a former Mayor of New York and president of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. Honesdale, which was originally known as Dyberry Forks, was laid out in 1826 and incorporated in 1831.