Pike County

Pike County is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Pike County, dedicated 1981.

Broad & W High Sts.

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Formed March 26, 1814 from Wayne County and named for Zebulon M. Pike. Its bluestone and lumber, carried by D & H Canal and by Erie R.R., helped build our nation. Famed for its natural beauty. Near Milford, the county seat, is Gov. Pinchot's Gray Towers.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1810 · United States of America, northern part. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1814 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1818 · New Jersey (1818) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey, 1825, covering the location of Pike County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey, 1825, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. 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

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On the National Register nearby

Pike County Courthouse80 ft
Hotel Fauchere and Annex200 ft

Places within about 300 feet of this marker that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A nearby listing is not always the marker's own subject.