List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Franklin County

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

This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Franklin County, Pennsylvania

As of the census of 2000, there were 129,313 people, 50,633 households, and 36,405 families residing in the county. The population density was 168 people per square mile . There were 53,803 housing units at an average density of 70 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 70 historical markers located in Franklin County.

Historical markers

Marker title	Image	Date dedicated	Location	Marker type	Topics
54th Mass. Infantry Regiment, US Colored Troops (The) 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry The 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was one of the first official black units in the United States during the Civil War...			Zion Union Cemetery, Bennette Ave., Mercersburg 39.82031°N 77.90564°W	Roadside	African American, Civil War, Military
Brown's Mill School			At site - off Rt. 11 via Kaufman Rd., at Angle & Brown's Mill Rds., SE of Marion 39.8307°N 77.702°W	Roadside	Buildings, Education
Buchanan House			17 N Main St., Mercersburg 39.8288°N 77.0963°W	City	Exploration, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Professions & Vocations
Burning of Chambersburg			SE corner of square at Rts. 30 & 11, Chambersburg 39.9375°N 76.3389°W	Roadside	Civil War, Military
Burning of Chambersburg			Pa. 416, 200 yards N of state line 39.7222°N 76.1963°W	Roadside	Civil War, Military
Caledonia Furnace			US 30 & PA 233, Caledonia State Park, east end of Fayetteville °N °W	Roadside	African American, Business & Industry, Civil War, Furnaces, Military
Captain Ulric Dahlgren Ulric Dahlgren Ulric Dahlgren served as a Union Army colonel. He was in command of an unsuccessful 1864 raid on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, and was killed in the raid.-Early life:...			SE section of Square, Greencastle 39.79°N 77.7275°W	City	Civil War, Military
Chambersburg			U.S. 11, .3 mile S of borough line °N °W	Roadside	Cities & Towns, Civil War, Early Settlement, Government & Politics
Chambersburg		n/a	US 11 & Roland Ave., 1.5 miles N of Chambersburg, near borough line 39.9559°N 77.64507°W	Roadside	Cities & Towns, Civil War, Early Settlement, Government & Politics
Chambersburg			US 30 W end of Chambersburg °N °W	Roadside	Cities & Towns, Civil War, Early Settlement, Government & Politics
Chambersburg		n/a	US 30 at I-81, west side of intersection, E end of Chambersburg 39.9294°N 76.3631°W	Roadside	Cities & Towns, Civil War, Government & Politics
Confederate Conference			SW quadrant of public square, Chambersburg 39.9372°N 76.3384°W	City	Civil War, Military
Dr. Henry Harbaugh			14301 Harbaugh Church Rd., (@ church), off Midvale Rd. south of Midvale 39.7214°N 76.4664°W	Roadside	Education, Ethnic & Immigration, Professions & Vocations, Religion
Falling Spring Church			US 11 at church, 2 blocks N of Square, Chambersburg °N °W	City	Buildings, Ethnic & Immigration, Religion
First Lutheran Church (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)	First Lutheran Church			W. Washington St. at church (near Black St.), Chambersburg 39.9344°N 76.3366°W	City	Buildings, Religion
Fort Chambers			W. King St., 1 block W of US 11, Chambersburg 39.9391°N 76.3378°W	City	Early Settlement, Forts, French & Indian War, Military, Mills, Native American
Fort Davis			PA 995 & Bain Rd. (near Church of Brethren at Welsh Run) 39.75952°N 77.86262°W	Roadside	Forts, French & Indian War, Military
Fort Davis - PLAQUE			on private farm, W side of Bain Rd., 1.3 mi. S of PA 995 at Welsh Run 39.744°N 76.1239°W	Plaque	Forts, French & Indian War, Government & Politics 18th Century, Military
Fort Loudon Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania) Fort Loudoun was a fort in colonial Pennsylvania, one of several forts in colonial America named after John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun...			US 30 & Brooklyn Rd., ~1 mile E of Fort Loudon (Missing) 39.9063°N 76.119°W	Roadside	Forts, French & Indian War, Military
Fort Loudon - PLAQUE Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania) Fort Loudoun was a fort in colonial Pennsylvania, one of several forts in colonial America named after John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun...			US 30 (Old Lincoln Hwy.), in center of Fort Loudon 39.9148°N 76.0951°W	Plaque	Forts, French & Indian War, Military
Fort Marshall			Valley Rd. & Shimpstown Rd., S of Mercersburg °N °W	Roadside	Forts, French & Indian War, Military
Fort McCord			~2.5 miles NE of Edenville on SR 4008 at Rumler Rd. 39.986°N 76.2277°W	Roadside	Forts, French & Indian War, Military, Native American
Fort McCord - PLAQUE			~2.5 mi. NE of Edenville up SR 4008 to Rumler Rd., ~.5 mi. south to barn, plaque within fence on left 39.985°N 76.2266°W	Plaque	Early Settlement, Forts, French & Indian War, Military, Native American
Fort McDowell			Pa. 416 at Markes, junction of Mercersburg & Lamar Rds. 39.8747°N 76.1284°W	Roadside	Forts, French & Indian War, Military, Mills
Fort McDowell - PLAQUE			PA 416 at Markes, junction of Mercersburg & Lamar Rds. 39.8747°N 76.1284°W	Plaque	Forts, French & Indian War, Military, Mills, Roads
Fort Waddell			U.S. 30, near junction Pa. 416, 1 mile W of St. Thomas (MISSING) 39.9612°N 76.1793°W	Roadside	Early Settlement, Forts, French & Indian War, Military, Native American
Fort Waddell (1754) - PLAQUE		n/a	Route 30, W of Chambersburg, near PA416 junction, 1 mi W of St. Thomas (N side) 39.9112°N 76.1795°W	Plaque	Forts, French & Indian War, Military
Franklin County Franklin County, Pennsylvania As of the census of 2000, there were 129,313 people, 50,633 households, and 36,405 families residing in the county. The population density was 168 people per square mile . There were 53,803 housing units at an average density of 70 per square mile...			County Courthouse, Memorial Square (N. Main St.), corner of U.S. 11 & 30, Chambersburg 39.9376°N 76.3389°W	City	Cities & Towns, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century
Frederick Douglass and John Brown			West Washington St., behind Southgate Mall, Chambersburg 39.935°N 76.3333°W	Roadside	African American, Government & Politics 19th Century, Military
George H. Wirt (1880 - 1961)			near PSU Mont Alto campus, approx. 120 yds. E of Slabtown Rd. on south side of PA 233 °N °W	Roadside	Environment, Government & Politics 20th Century
Gettysburg Campaign Gettysburg Campaign The Gettysburg Campaign was a series of battles fought in June and July 1863, during the American Civil War. After his victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia moved north for offensive operations in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The...			PA 16 at Roadside Ave., E of square in Waynesboro 39.7516°N 76.4296°W	Roadside	Civil War, Military
Gettysburg Campaign Gettysburg Campaign The Gettysburg Campaign was a series of battles fought in June and July 1863, during the American Civil War. After his victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia moved north for offensive operations in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The...			US 11, just N of Greencastle 39.8041°N 76.2775°W	Roadside	Civil War, Military
Gettysburg Campaign Gettysburg Campaign The Gettysburg Campaign was a series of battles fought in June and July 1863, during the American Civil War. After his victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia moved north for offensive operations in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The...			US 11, 1 mile N of State Line 39.7321°N 76.2751°W	Roadside	Civil War, Military
Gettysburg Campaign Gettysburg Campaign The Gettysburg Campaign was a series of battles fought in June and July 1863, during the American Civil War. After his victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia moved north for offensive operations in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The...			US 30E near intersection w/ Willowbrook Dr., just E of Chambersburg, ~.5 mi past I81 (at veterinary clinic) 39.9268°N 76.3734°W	Roadside	Civil War, Military
Gettysburg Campaign Gettysburg Campaign The Gettysburg Campaign was a series of battles fought in June and July 1863, during the American Civil War. After his victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia moved north for offensive operations in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The...			US 11 near Roland Ave., 1.5 mi. N of Chambersburg 39.9569°N 76.3557°W	Roadside	Civil War, Military
Gettysburg Campaign Gettysburg Campaign The Gettysburg Campaign was a series of battles fought in June and July 1863, during the American Civil War. After his victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia moved north for offensive operations in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The...			US 11 at Kriner, at Trickling Spgs. Creamery, S of Chambersburg 39.90486°N 77.67223°W	Roadside	Civil War, Military
Israel Benevolent Society Cemetery Old Jewish cemetery, Chambersburg The Old Jewish Cemetery of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania is believed to be the earliest Jewish burial ground west of the Susquehanna River. The oldest headstone refers to a burial in July 1840...			361 East Washington Street, Chambersburg 39.9336°N 76.3441°W	Roadside	Civil War, Military, Religion
Jacob Nelson "Nellie" Fox			7417 Lincoln Hwy. (US 30), at Schoolhouse Road (square), St. Thomas 39.9174°N 76.2016°W	City	Baseball, Sports
James Buchanan James Buchanan James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century....			PA 16W, @ fork of Stoney Batter & Buchanan Sts., at Buchanan State Park entrance, Cove Gap 39.8665°N 76.0553°W	Roadside	Buildings, Education, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century
John Brown John Brown (abolitionist) John Brown was an American revolutionary abolitionist, who in the 1850s advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery in the United States. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre during which five men were killed, in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas, and made his name in the...		n/a	225 E. King St., Chambersburg 39.93881°N 77.65831°W	City	African American, Government & Politics 19th Century, Military
John Brown Raid			PA 233, 1 mile E of Mont Alto, across from PSU campus 39.8404°N 76.4553°W	Roadside	African American, Government & Politics 19th Century, Military
John Wallace Jr.			E. Main & Enterprise Sts., Waynesboro 39.751°N 76.4317°W	City	Professions & Vocations
Joseph G. Armstrong Joseph G. Armstrong Joseph G. Armstrong was born in what is today the Northside neighborhood of the U.S. city of Pittsburgh. He became a glassmaker and eventually participated in the glass union and labor movement. From his labor connections he was elected to City Council and then ran successfully for County Coroner...			SR 4010 at Coble Rd. near Edenville 39.9631°N 76.2139°W	Roadside	Early Settlement, French & Indian War, Government & Politics 18th Century, Military, Native American
Joseph Winters Joseph Winters Joseph Winters was an African-American abolitionist and inventor who patented a wagon-mounted fire escape ladder for the city of Chambersburg, PA. in 1878. It is often falsely cited that Winters was the original inventor of the wagon mounted fire escape...			Junior Hose and Truck Company #2, 130 N Second St., Chambersburg °N °W	City	African American, Entrepreneurs, Invention, Native American, Police and Safety, Underground Railroad
Lane House			16 N. Main St., Mercersburg 39.8287°N 76.0962°W	City	Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century
Margaret Cochran Corbin			US 11 near Roand Ave., 1.5 miles N of Chambersburg 39.9572°N 76.356°W	Roadside	American Revolution, Military, Women
Marshall College Franklin & Marshall College Franklin & Marshall College is a four-year private co-educational residential national liberal arts college in the Northwest Corridor neighborhood of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States....			PA 16 at entrance to Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg 39.8283°N 76.1005°W	Roadside	Education, Religion
Martin Delany (1812-1885) Martin Delany Martin Robinson Delany was an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, and writer, arguably the first proponent of American black nationalism. He was one of the first three blacks admitted to Harvard Medical School. He became the first African-American field officer in the United...			566 S. Main St., Chambersburg °N °W	Roadside	African American, Civil Rights, Military, Professions & Vocations, Publishing, Underground Railroad
Masonic Temple Masonic Temple Masonic Temple is a term commonly used in Freemasonry with multiple but related meanings. It is used to describe an abstract spiritual goal, the conceptual ritualistic space formed when a Masonic Lodge meets, and the physical rooms and structures in which a Lodge meets...			S. 2nd St. near E. Queen St., Chambersburg 39.9359°N 76.3406°W	City	Buildings, Civil War, Military
Masonic Temple Masonic Temple Masonic Temple is a term commonly used in Freemasonry with multiple but related meanings. It is used to describe an abstract spiritual goal, the conceptual ritualistic space formed when a Masonic Lodge meets, and the physical rooms and structures in which a Lodge meets...			S 2nd St. (northbound) near E. Queen St., Chambersburg (Missing) °N °W	City	Religion
Messersmith's Wood			Lincoln Hwy. (US 30) near Colbrook Ave., Chambersburg 39.9318°N 76.3555°W	City	Civil War, Military
Morrow Tavern			37 S. Main St., Chambersburg 39.9368°N 76.3385°W	City	Buildings, Business & Industry, George Washington, Military, Inns & Taverns, Whiskey Rebellion
Old Franklin County Jail			N. 2nd St. at E. King St. (US 11), Chambersburg 39.939°N 76.341°W	Roadside	Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century
Old Log Building			E. Main St. & Roadside Ave., Waynesboro 39.752°N 76.4294°W	City	Buildings, Education
Patrick Gass (1771-1870) Patrick Gass Patrick Gass served as sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition . He was important to the expedition because of his service as carpenter and he published the first journal of the expedition in 1807, seven years before the first publication based on Lewis and Clark's journals.-Early life:Gass...			181 Franklin Farm Lane, Chambersburg, off Rt. 30 at Sheetz °N °W	Roadside	Environment, Exploration, Military, War of 1812
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...			US 11 at Mason Dixon Rd., Middleburg, near MD state line °N °W	Roadside	Early Settlement, Government & Politics 17th Century, William Penn
Pennsylvania State Forest Academy			just off Park St. (Rt. 233) on Campus Dr., at entrance of PSU, Mont Alto °N °W	Roadside	Education, Environment, Government & Politics 20th Century
Philip Berlin			W. Washington St. & Black Ave. at Lutheran Church, Chambersburg 39.9345°N 76.3369°W	City	Invention, Professions & Vocations, Railroads, Transportation
Ralph Elwood Brock			Park St. (Rt. 233) at Slabtown Rd., entrance to PSU, Mont Alto °N °W	Roadside	African American, Education, Environment, Professions & Vocations
Reformed Theological Seminary Reformed Theological Seminary Reformed Theological Seminary is a non-denominational, evangelical Protestant seminary. RTS's first campus remains in Jackson, Mississippi, United States though the school has expanded to include several additional campuses.-Founding:...			PA 16 at entrance to Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg 39.8284°N 76.1006°W	Roadside	Education, Religion
Rev. Steel's Fort			Buchanan Trail (PA 16) at Findley Rd., 2.3 miles SE of Mercersburg 39.804°N 76.1302°W	Roadside	French & Indian War, Military, Native American
Shippensburg			W King St. (US 11) at Park Heights Ave., W end of Shippensburg 40.0425°N 76.4648°W	Roadside	Cities & Towns
Snow Hill Cloister			PA 997 just S of Quincy 39.7898°N 76.425°W	Roadside	Religion
Stuart's Raid			Blair's Valley Rd., about 100 yds. N of state line °N °W	Roadside	Civil War, Military
Suesserott House			SW corner of Main & Washington Sts., Chambersburg 39.9342°N 76.3377°W	City	Buildings, Civil War, Houses & Homesteads, Military, Professions & Vocations
Thompson's Rifle Battalion: Capt. James Chambers' Company			W King St., 1 block W of US 11, in Ft. Chambers Park, Chambersburg 39.9388°N 76.3377°W	Roadside	American Revolution, Military
Underground Railroad Activity in Chambersburg			Main St. & Lincoln Hwy. (Rt. 30), on NE quadrant of the "diamond," Chambersburg °N °W	Roadside	African American, Underground Railroad
Widow Barr Place			PA 75, 1.4 miles S of Fort Loudon (Missing) 39.8944°N 76.1023°W	Roadside	American Revolution, Buildings, Early Settlement, Native American
William Findlay			N. Main St. at Mill Rd., Mercersburg 39.8303°N 76.096°W	City	Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Governors
Wilson College Wilson College (Pennsylvania) Wilson College, founded 1869, is a private, Presbyterian-related, liberal arts women's college located on a campus in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded by two Presbyterian ministers, but named for its first major donor, Sarah Wilson of nearby St. Thomas Township,...			Edgar Ave. near Ramsey Ave., off US 11 at campus, Chambersburg 39.9499°N 76.3515°W	Roadside	Education, Women

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