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The community is named after the colonial Fort Loudoun, built in 1756 during the French and Indian War. [5] A replica of the fort, built in 1993, stands at the corner of US 30 and Brooklyn Road North, at the southeastern corner of the CDP. A post office called Loudon was established in 1814, and the name was changed to Fort Loudon in 1883. [6]
At the beginning of the French and Indian War, Edward Braddock's defeat left Pennsylvania without a professional military force. [1] Lenape chiefs Shingas and Captain Jacobs launched dozens of Shawnee and Delaware raids against British colonial settlements, [2] killing and capturing hundreds of colonists and destroying settlements across western and central Pennsylvania. [3]
It intersects US-30 at Fort Loudon and leads north towards Fannettsburg in the Path Valley. The unincorporated community of Cove Gap, the birthplace of President James Buchanan, is in the western part of the township. Other unincorporated places include Charlestown, Markes, Lemasters, Church Hill, and Upton.
In 1937, PA 75 was extended south from Fort Loudon to the Maryland border. The route was realigned to bypass Blairs Mills on a shorter alignment to the east in the 1930s. In the 1970s, PA 75 was extended north to the new US 22/US 322 freeway on a road that was widened into a divided highway by 1990.
177 Bear Valley Road near Fort Loudon, Peters Township, Pennsylvania Coordinates 39°54′48″N 77°53′45″W / 39.91333°N 77.89583°W / 39.91333; -77
PA 75 south (Fort Loudon Road) – Shimpstown, Claylick, Kasiesville: South end of PA 75 concurrency: 10.183: 16.388: PA 16 west (Buchanan Trail) – McConnellsburg: North end of PA 16 concurrency: Peters Township: 11.332: 18.237: PA 75 north (Fort Loudon Road) – Fort Loudon: North end of PA 75 concurrency: St. Thomas Township: 17.447: 28.078
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