Fort Littleton, Pennsylvania

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Fort Littleton, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°3′46″N77°57′49″W / 40.06278°N 77.96361°W / 40.06278; -77.96361
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Fulton
Township Dublin
Elevation
801 ft (244 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
17223
Area code 717
GNIS feature ID1175013 [1]

Fort Littleton is an unincorporated community in Dublin Township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Fort Littleton is located at the junction of U.S. Route 522 and Plum Hollow Road, a short distance north of an interchange between US 522 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76), which is called the Fort Littleton interchange. [2] The town was named for the 18th century Fort Lyttleton and was established near the fort's former location in 1767. [3]

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References

  1. "Fort Littleton". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Fulton County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "History of Dublin Township," in History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania, Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884; pp. 594-601, 659-664