Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site

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Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site
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Nearest city Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°15′46.41″N79°54′57.77″W / 40.2628917°N 79.9160472°W / 40.2628917; -79.9160472
Built1794
MPS Whiskey Rebellion Resources in Southwestern Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No. 92001501 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1992
Designated PHMCJune 10, 1948 [2]

Lobb's Cemetery, a.k.a. Lobb's Run Cemetery, is an historic cemetery that is located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It takes its name from Lobb's Run, a minor tributary of the Monongahela River, which flows by the entrance to the cemetery.

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The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [3]

History

The former Yohogania County Courthouse was once located close to this cemetery. Several of the rebels involved in the Whiskey Rebellion were buried in this cemetery circa 1794. [4]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Yohogania Courthouse – PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ Jerry A. Clouse (July 1992). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 7, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  4. ↑ "The Whiskey Insurrection." Monongahela, Pennsylvania: The Republican, November 16, 1894, p. 4 (subscription required).
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