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Pennsylvania Route 281
Pennsylvania Route 281 (PA 281) is a state highway located in Fayette and Somerset counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is the West Virginia state line near Markleysburg, where the road becomes West Virginia Route 26 (WV 26). The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in Stoystown. Route description PA 281 begins at the West Virginia border in Henry Clay Township, Fayette County, where the road continues into that state as WV 26. From the state line, the route heads northeast on the township maintained, two-lane undivided Bruceton Road, heading through wooded areas with some fields and homes. PA 281 curves to the east and crosses into the borough of Markleysburg, where state maintenance begins and it heads into residential areas. PA 281 turns north-northeast onto Main Street where it passes more homes before heading back into Henry Clay Township and continues through woodland with a few small fields and residences. The route comes to an intersectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Clay Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Henry Clay Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,764 at the 2020 census. The township was created June 9, 1824, from the eastern portion of Wharton Township. It is named for 19th-century American statesman Henry Clay. The northwestern corner of its territory was used to create Stewart Township on November 17, 1855. It is served by the Uniontown Area School District. Unincorporated communities located within the township include Flat Rock, Fiketown, and Elk Park. Information can be sourced at www.henryclaytownship.com Geography Henry Clay Township is in the southeastern corner of Fayette County. It is bordered by Stewart Township to the north, Lower Turkeyfoot Township in Somerset County to the northeast, the borough of Confluence and Addison Township in Somerset County to the east, and Wharton Township to the west. To the south, it borders both West Virginia and Maryland. The borough of Markleysburg is in the sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Pike
The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main transport path to the West for thousands of settlers. When improved in the 1830s, it became the second U.S. road surfaced with the macadam process pioneered by Scotsman John Loudon McAdam. Construction began heading west in 1811 at Cumberland, Maryland, on the Potomac River. After the Financial Panic of 1837 and the resulting economic depression, congressional funding ran dry and construction was stopped at Vandalia, Illinois, the then-capital of Illinois, northeast of St. Louis across the Mississippi River. The road has also been referred to as the Cumberland Turnpike, the Cumberland–Brownsville Turnpike (or Road or Pike), the Cumberland Pike, the National Pike, and the National Turnpike. In the 20th century with the advent of the autom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 653
Pennsylvania Route 653 (PA 653) is a state highway in Fayette and Somerset counties in Pennsylvania, United States. The western terminus is at PA 381 in Springfield Township. The eastern terminus is at Mason Dixon Highway (former U.S. Route 219 or US 219) in Garrett. Route description PA 653 begins at an intersection with PA 381 in Springfield Township, Fayette County, heading east on two-lane undivided Jim Mount Road. The road passes through a mix of farmland and woodland before turning southeast into wooded areas, crossing Indian Creek. The route runs through more woodland with a few farm fields, turning east and heading into forested areas of Laurel Ridge State Park. PA 653 enters Upper Turkeyfoot Township in Somerset County and becomes Scullton Road, passing through more woodland with some farmland and homes, turning to the southeast. The road heads through wooded areas of housing development before heading into a mix of farms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middlecreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Middlecreek Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 831 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Elias Stahl began a store in the area that became Middlecreek Township about 1840. The township was organized in 1853. Philip King built the first gristmill and first sawmill about 1880. The Miller's Store, Laurel Hill RDA, King's Bridge, and Barronvale Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 33.6 square miles (87.0 km2), of which 33.5 square miles (86.8 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2) (0.24%) is water. Middlecreek Township is bordered by Jefferson Township to the northeast, Milford Township to the east, Upper Turkeyfoot Township to the south, and Fayette County to the west. Both Pennsylvania Route 281 and Pennsyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania
Upper Turkeyfoot Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,063 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Turkeyfoot Township was formed from part of Brothersvalley Township in 1773, when both were still part of a larger Bedford County; Somerset County was not formed from the western portion of Bedford County until 1795. Just as new counties were split off from earlier counties, new townships were split off from earlier townships, and the townships of Upper Turkeyfoot and Lower Turkeyfoot took their current shapes in 1848. White settlers arrived in the Turkeyfoot area by the late 1760s, and a group of about 15-20 Baptist families came to the area from New Jersey ''circa'' 1774. John Drury had a school near Kingwood in 1812, and William Kilpatrick taught at a private home in Paddytown in 1815. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursina, Pennsylvania
Ursina is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 244 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Ursina takes its name from Judge William J. Baer, owner of the land when the town was laid out in 1868 by surveyors H.L. Baer and R.J. Botzer; "bear" in Latin is Ursus. Judge Baer had a blacksmith shop and a sawmill built, Ephraim Kreger built the first house, and Isaac A. Jenkins built the first store, all in that same year of 1868. A school was built in 1870, with John Griffith serving as the first teacher. Ursina was organized as a borough in 1872. The Ursina Branch Railroad was built by the Pittsburgh and Baltimore Coal, Coke, and Iron Company in 1871–1872 in order to more easily access the coal deposits in the area. This four mile line only operated for about three years before the ongoing effects of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania
Lower Turkeyfoot Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 543 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Turkeyfoot Township was formed from part of Brothersvalley Township in 1773, when both were still part of a larger Bedford County; Somerset County was not formed from the western portion of Bedford County until 1795. Just as new counties were split off from earlier counties, new townships were split off from earlier townships, and the townships of Upper Turkeyfoot & Lower Turkeyfoot took their current shapes in 1848. White settlers arrived in the Turkeyfoot area by the late 1760s, and a group of about 15-20 Baptist families came to the area from New Jersey around 1774. The Lower Humbert Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Lower Turkeyfoot Township has a total area of 36.3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurel Hill Creek
Laurel Hill Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Casselman River that is located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. It is part of the Youghiogheny River watershed, flowing to the Monongahela River, the Ohio River, and ultimately the Mississippi River. It is responsible for draining 126 square miles of the 576 square miles drained by the Casselman River. Geography Laurel Hill Creek drains the east slope of Laurel Hill in the Laurel Highlands and flows to the appropriately named community of Confluence, where it joins the Casselman River a few yards above the Youghiogheny. It begins in Jefferson Township, with tributaries such as Crab Run, Clear Run, Shanks Run, Shafer Run, Moore Run, Kooser Run, Gross Run, Crise Run, Buck Run, and Jones Mill Run joining its stream, and then flows thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keystone Subdivision
The Keystone Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The line runs from Cumberland, Maryland, west to McKeesport, Pennsylvania, (near Pittsburgh) along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) line. The line includes the well-known Sand Patch Grade over the Allegheny Mountains. The east end of the Keystone Subdivision is at Viaduct Junction in Cumberland, where it meets the Cumberland Terminal Subdivision at the east end of the Cumberland Viaduct. The west end is at Sinns, on the west (left) side of the Youghiogheny River at Liberty, where it continues as the Pittsburgh Subdivision through Pittsburgh and on to West Pittsburg. The Keystone Subdivision also joins with the S&C Subdivision at Rockwood, Pennsylvania. Amtrak's ''Capitol Limited'' uses the Keystone Subdivision. History The Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad (P&C) was first incorporated in 1837, but did not succeed in raising mone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 523
Pennsylvania Route 523 (PA 523) is a state highway located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 40 (US 40) in Addison. The northern terminus is at PA 281 in Confluence. Route description PA 523 begins at an intersection with US 40 east of the borough of Addison in Addison Township, heading northeast on two-lane undivided Listonburg Road. The road passes a mix of woods and farms, curving north into forested areas and heading through Listonburg. The route winds through more woodland with occasional farms, running through Beachly and Dumas. Farther north, PA 523 crosses the Casselman River into Lower Turkeyfoot Township and curves west at Harnedsville. The road passes more farmland and woodland, running a short distance to the south of CSX's Keystone Subdivision railroad line and north of the Casselman River. The route continues into the borough of Confluence, where the road, river, and railroad all bend to the north. The road becomes O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casselman River
The Casselman River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Youghiogheny River in western Maryland and Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. The Casselman River drains an area of 576 square miles. The river has been used for transportation across the Allegheny Mountains, between the cities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. in the east and Pittsburgh in the west. Two railroads followed the Casselman River from Meyersdale, Pennsylvania to Confluence. First is the B&O Railroad, running between Baltimore and Pittsburgh, which was completed in 1871, and is currently owned by CSX. Second is the Western Maryland Railway, which ran from Cumberland, Maryland to Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Although the Western Maryland was abandoned in the 1980s, the right-of-way has been converted into the Great Allegheny Passage, a rail trail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addison Township, Pennsylvania
Addison Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 932 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The township is named for Alexander Addison, the first president judge (the chief judge within a U.S. judicial district) overseeing Somerset County. History Major General Edward Braddock's Expedition of 1755 passed through the southwestern portion of the area that became Addison Township. The township was organized in 1800. Somerfield was laid out on the western edge of the township about 1816 by Philip D. Smyth, but the town was abandoned and covered over by the Youghiogheny River Lake in the 1940s. The Wable-Augustine Tavern was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (2.74%) is water. It surrounds the borough of Addison, which is located in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
