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In 1793, they aided in the purchase of 1,600 acres (6 km 2) of land in northeastern Pennsylvania, which was then wilderness. An area of 300 acres (1.2 km 2 ) was laid out as a town plot including a 2-acre (8,100 m 2 ) market square, a grid of broad streets and 413 lots, approximately one-half acre each.
In the township the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males.
Where reliable foundation dates exist, articles should be categorised by year for 1500 and later, by decade from the 1200s to the 1490s, by century from the 10th century BC to the 13th century and by millennium for the 2nd millennium BC and earlier.
PA 199 (old U.S. 220) at Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens Roadside Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Military, Native American Azilum: May 12, 1947: U.S. 6, 4.5 miles N of Wyalusing at lookout Roadside Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration Azilum: May 12, 1947: Junction U.S. 6 & Pa. 187 at Wyox
French Azilum: Bradford County: 1793 Freytown: Lackawanna County [50] Frick's Lock: Chester County: East Coventry Township: Frogtown: Westmoreland County: Salem Township: a coal mining ghost town [51] Gold Mine [52] Grays Run: An obscure logging town. [53] Greenwood Furnace: Huntingdon County: Jackson Township
A city style marker in Philadelphia, the state's largest city Clickable map of Pennsylvania counties. This is a list of Pennsylvania State Historical Markers which were first placed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1914 and are currently overseen by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) as part of its Historical Markers Program.
Map of eastern Pennsylvania showing important locations for the history of Joseph Priestley and the area. Following the French and Indian War (1755–63) and the forced migration of Native American tribes westward, German, Scots-Irish, and other European immigrants settled in the central Susquehanna Valley, including in the area that would become Northumberland, Pennsylvania. [1]
The exact location of the fort has been lost to history. Archaeological digs have located evidence of the stockade walls to suggest the fort's site just north of present-day Pitt Street and west of Richard Street. Period documents including the Amherst Map of 1758 and the Lukens Survey of 1766 have helped to identify the possible site of the fort.