New Centerville in Somerset County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

New Centreville

Somerset-9

Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 30, 2023

1. New Centreville Marker

Inscription.
So named, due to location between Gephartsburg and New Lexington
Founded 1834

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Keystone Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1834.

Location. 39° 56.432′ N, 79° 11.809′ W. Marker is in New Centerville, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County. It is on Kingwood Road (Pennsylvania Route 281) west of Emerson Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3096 Kingwood Road, Rockwood PA 15557, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands.

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

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are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Capt. William M. Schrock's Civil War Regiment Monument (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Site of Gideons German Reformed and Lutheran Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named New Centreville (approx. half a mile away); Dedicated to the Glorious Youth of This Community (approx. 2.2 miles away); Rockwood (approx. 2.8 miles away); Maynard Ralph Sembower (approx. 2.8 miles away); a different marker also named Rockwood (approx. 2.8 miles away); Rockwood Honor Roll (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Centerville.

Also see . . . Keystone Marker Trust. (Submitted on August 2, 2023, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 30, 2023

2. New Centreville Marker

Marker is on the far right. View is looking east.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

3. New Centreville Marker

Marker before refurbishment.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, October 29, 2022

4. New Centreville Marker

This Keystone Marker was recently repaired and repainted by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, PA.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 1, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 195 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 1, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. 3, 4. submitted on August 2, 2023, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.