Halifax in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Fort Halifax

Photographed by Craig Doda, July 7, 2018

1. Fort Halifax Marker

Inscription. One of the chain of frontier defense of the province of Pennsylvania in the French and Indian Wars stood 500 feet to the west built 1756 by its commander Colonel William Clapham Marked by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the Society of Pennsylvania Women in New York

Erected 1926 by The Pennsylvania Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, French and Indian. A significant historical year for this entry is 1756.

Location. 40° 28.717′ N, 76° 55.867′ W. Marker is in Halifax, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County. It is on N. River Road (Pennsylvania Route 147), on the left when traveling north. On the road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Halifax PA 17032, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

in the Susquehanna Valley,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Fort Halifax (approx. ¼ mile away); Halifax and Vicinity World War I Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); The John Schaffer Tavern and Inn (approx. 2.7 miles away); New Buffalo (approx. 2.7 miles away); Millersburg Hotel (approx. 4.4 miles away); Daniel Miller Memorial Fountain (approx. 4½ miles away); Civil War Soldiers Monument

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

(approx. 4½ miles away); The Music Pavilion / Gazebo (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Halifax.

Photographed by Craig Doda, July 7, 2018

2. Fort Halifax Marker

Fort Halifax Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, July 7, 2018

3. Fort Halifax Park

Fort Halifax Park Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, July 7, 2018

4. Fort Halifax Park Sign

Map of Fort Halifax Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, July 7, 2018

5. Map of Fort Halifax Park

Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 28, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 394 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 28, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.