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]
Fort Littleton, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 40°3′46″N 77°57′49″W / 40.06278°N 77.96361°W | |
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 ID | 1175013[1] |
References
edit- ^ "Fort Littleton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Fulton County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "History of Dublin Township," in History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania, Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884; pp. 594-601, 659-664