Cross Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Cross Creek Academy and Cross Creek Township High School

Photographed by Bradley Owen, November 7, 2022

1. Cross Creek Academy and Cross Creek Township High School Marker

Inscription.
Site of
Cross Creek Academy
1828 - 1896
and of
Cross Creek Township High School
1896 - 1929

Erected 1954 by Alumni Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1828.

Location. 40° 19.759′ N, 80° 24.7′ W. Marker is in Cross Creek, Pennsylvania, in Washington County. It is at the intersection of Cross Creek Road and Home Street Extension, on the right when traveling west on Cross Creek Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1075 Cross Creek Road, Burgettstown PA 15021, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker 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 4 miles of this marker,

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measured as the crow flies: - Memorial - (a few steps from this marker); Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Cross Creek Graveyard - Established 1779 (within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary War Soldiers (within shouting distance of this marker); Cross Creek Church (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Faces Of Freedom (approx. 2.4 miles away); A Tribute To Our War Dead (approx. 2.4 miles away); Site of Burgett Home and Fort (approx. 3.2 miles away); The Burgett Log House (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cross Creek.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, November 7, 2022

2. Cross Creek Academy and Cross Creek Township High School Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 10, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 197 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 9, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.