Fall Brook, Pennsylvania

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Fall Brook is a ghost town located in Ward Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The town has been deserted since around 1900.

Ghost town City depopulated of inhabitants and that stays practically intact

A ghost town is an abandoned village, town, or city, usually one that contains substantial visible remains. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, prolonged droughts, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, pollution, or nuclear disasters. The term can sometimes refer to cities, towns, and neighbourhoods that are still populated, but significantly less so than in past years; for example, those affected by high levels of unemployment and dereliction.

Ward Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania Township in Pennsylvania, United States

Ward Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The population was 166 at the 2010 census. It's the only township in Tioga County that is not in Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district, instead in the 10th.

Tioga County, Pennsylvania County in the United States

Tioga County is a county located on the central northern border of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,981. Its county seat is Wellsboro. The county was created on March 26, 1804, from part of Lycoming County and later organized in 1812. It is named for the Tioga River.

In 1860, the Fallbrook Coal Company founded the town on the Fall Brook Creek. John Magee and his son Duncan had discovered some coal along the banks of the Fall Brook Creek. The Magees also constructed a railroad to connect Fall Brook with Corning, New York where the coal was transported up to the Erie Canal. By 1862, Fall Brook had a population of about 1400 people. [1]

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Erie Canal Waterway in New York, USA

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Eventually the coal ran out, and by 1900 the town ceased to exist.

The town of Fallbrook, California is named after this town. [1]

Fallbrook, California CDP in California, United States

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References

  1. 1 2 Website of Fallbrook, California accessed January 25, 2008

Coordinates: 41°40′38″N76°59′09″W / 41.67722°N 76.98583°W / 41.67722; -76.98583

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