Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Fayette County, dedicated 1949.

US 119, 175 ft. N of state line

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Founded 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker Commonwealth. Birthplace of THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1807 · Map of Virginia (upper center sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1848 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1925 · Morgantown, West Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Morgantown, West Virginia, 1925, covering the location of Pennsylvania, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Morgantown, West Virginia, 1925, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

Pennsylvania

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