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1763 map of a route through southwest Pennsylvania from Fort Loudoun to Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh. Fort Loudoun is shown in the bottom left corner of the page. Governor Morris ordered these forts to be built under the direction of Colonel Armstrong.
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]
Forbes Road from Fort Lyttleton to Fort Duquesne. The Forbes Road, a historic military roadway in what was then British America, was initially completed in 1758 from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to the French Fort Duquesne at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in what is now downtown Pittsburgh, via Fort Loudon, Fort Lyttleton, Fort Bedford and Fort Ligonier.
PA 75 northbound past US 30 in Fort Loudon. When routes were legislated in Pennsylvania in 1911, what is now PA 75 was designated as Legislative Route 45 between Fort Loudon and Port Royal. [5] PA 75 was designated in 1928 to run from US 30 in Fort Loudon north to US 22 (William Penn Highway) northeast of Port Royal.
Fort Loudoun may refer to: Fort Loudoun (Tennessee), a British colonial fort in present-day Monroe County, Tennessee, United States; Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania), a ...
About 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Fort Loudon on Pennsylvania Route 75, Metal Township, Pennsylvania: Coordinates: Area: 1 acre (0.40 ha) Built: 1800: NRHP reference No. 74001785 [1] Added to NRHP: December 31, 1974
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Fort Lyttleton is shown near the bottom of the page. 1770 map of the Province of Pennsylvania showing Fort Littleton in the map's left lower quadrant. The fort's first commander was Captain Hance Hamilton (1721–1772), who arrived soon after the capture and destruction of Fort McCord on April 1.