Venetia in Washington County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Hackett
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 24, 2022
1. Hackett Marker
Hackett
Founded in 1835 by Thomas Hackett as a coal mining community in Peters Twp.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1835.
Location. 40° 14.855′ N, 80° 1.76′ W. Memorial is in Venetia, Pennsylvania, in Washington County. It is on Venetia Road half a mile east of Sugar Run Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 815 Venetia Rd, Venetia PA 15367, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Enoch Wright House (within shouting distance of this marker); Citation: (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Hackett (approx. 0.6 miles away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.6 miles away); Old Oak Tree Statue (approx. 2.1 miles away); Honor Roll Citizens of Gastonville (approx. 2.1 miles away); "Mingo Creek Meeting House" (approx. 2.1 miles away); Headstones of American History - The Whiskey Rebellion (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Venetia.
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Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 24, 2022
2. Hackett Marker
The historic Enoch Wright House (c. 1816) is on the left.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 878 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 25, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
