Fort Littleton, Pennsylvania

Fort Littleton, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Photo of the village from US 522
Photo of the village from US 522
Fort Littleton is located in Pennsylvania
Fort Littleton
Fort
Littleton
Fort Littleton is located in the United States
Fort Littleton
Fort
Littleton
Coordinates: 40°3′46″N 77°57′49″W / 40.06278°N 77.96361°W / 40.06278; -77.96361
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyFulton
TownshipDublin
Elevation
801 ft (244 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
17223
Area code717
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]

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