List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Beaver County
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This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Beaver County.

This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 181,412 people, 72,576 households, and 50,512 families residing in the county. The population density was 418 people per square mile . There were 77,765 housing units at an average density of 179 per square mile...

 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is the governmental agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania responsible for the collection, conservation and interpretation of Pennsylvania's historic heritage...

 (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available. There are 17 historical markers located in Beaver County.

Historical markers

Marker title Image Date dedicated Location Marker type Topics
Beaver County
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 181,412 people, 72,576 households, and 50,512 families residing in the county. The population density was 418 people per square mile . There were 77,765 housing units at an average density of 179 per square mile...

County Courthouse, at park on 3rd St., Beaver
40.69442°N 80.3075°W
City Business & Industry, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Transportation
Fort McIntosh
Fort McIntosh (Pennsylvania)
Fort McIntosh was an early American log frontier fort situated near the confluence of the Ohio River and the Beaver River in what is now Beaver, Pennsylvania....

Pa. 68 (3rd St.) at Insurance St., Beaver
40.69479°N 80.30601°W
Roadside American Revolution, Forts, Military
Harmony Society Cemetery Church St., center of cemetery, Ambridge
40.59304°N 80.23217°W
City Religion
Harmony Society Church Church St. near Creese St., Ambridge
40.59605°N 80.23218°W
City Buildings, Religion
Ingram-Richardson Manufacturing Co. Ing-Rich Road 24th Street Extension and 31st Street Extension, Beaver Falls
40.7704°N 80.328°W
Roadside Business & Industry
King Beaver's Town
Beaver, Pennsylvania
Beaver is a borough in and the county seat of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, at the confluence of the Beaver and Ohio Rivers. As of the 2000 census, the borough population was 4,775, having dropped from 5,641 in 1940....

Pa. 68 (3rd St.) at Wilson Ave., Beaver
40.69742°N 80.29964°W
Roadside Cities & Towns, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American
Legionville
Legionville
Legionville was the first formal United States military basic training facility, established by Major General Anthony Wayne, in 1792, near present-day Baden, Pennsylvania to train the soldiers of the Legion of the United States.-History:...

Duss Ave. at Anthony Wayne Dr. N of Ambridge
40.62488°N 80.22926°W
Roadside American Revolution, Cities & Towns, Military, Native American
Legionville
Legionville
Legionville was the first formal United States military basic training facility, established by Major General Anthony Wayne, in 1792, near present-day Baden, Pennsylvania to train the soldiers of the Legion of the United States.-History:...

Duss Ave. at Anthony Wayne Dr., N of Ambridge (Missing)
°N °W
Roadside American Revolution, Military
Logstown
Logstown
The riverside village of Logstown was a significant Native American settlement in Western Pennsylvania and the site of the 1752 signing of the treaty of friendship between the Ohio Company and the Amerindians occupying the region in the years leading up to the...

Duss Ave. (old Pa. 65) at Anthony Wayne Dr. N of Ambridge
40.62283°N 80.2265°W
Roadside Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, French & Indian War, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American
Logstown - PLAQUE
Logstown
The riverside village of Logstown was a significant Native American settlement in Western Pennsylvania and the site of the 1752 signing of the treaty of friendship between the Ohio Company and the Amerindians occupying the region in the years leading up to the...

Lower end of Ambridge
40.6228°N 79.7734°W
Plaque Early Settlement, French & Indian War, Native American
Matthew S. Quay
Matthew Quay
Matthew Stanley Quay was an immensely powerful Pennsylvania political boss; "kingmaker" . "Boss" Quay's political principles and actions stood in contrast to an unusually attractive personality...

Pa. 68 (3rd St.) at Insurance St., Beaver
40.69464°N 80.30617°W
Roadside Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Supreme Court Ruling
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, 301 U.S. 1 , was a United States Supreme Court case that declared that the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 was constitutional...

Franklin Ave. & Route 51, Aliquippa
40.61964°N 80.2428°W
Roadside Government & Politics 20th Century, Labor
Old Economy
Old Economy Village
Old Economy Village is a historic settlement in Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, it lies on the banks of the Ohio River and is surrounded by downtown Ambridge...

n/a Pa. 65 in Ambridge, across from site
40.59565°N 80.23218°W
Roadside Religion
Old Economy Memorial
Old Economy Village
Old Economy Village is a historic settlement in Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, it lies on the banks of the Ohio River and is surrounded by downtown Ambridge...

n/a Old Economy, 13th & Church Sts., Ambridge
40.59585°N 80.23373°W
Roadside Religion
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

U.S. 30, .4 miles from state line (MISSING)
°N °W
Roadside Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

Pa. 51 at state line (MISSING)
°N °W
Roadside Government & Politics, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn
White Cottage 1221 3rd Ave., New Brighton
40.73084°N 80.31003°W
City Houses & Homesteads, Women, Writers

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