Lackawaxen in Pike County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sylvania Colony

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, October 25, 2009

1. Sylvania Colony Marker

Inscription.
The site of Horace Greeley’s Utopian colony modeled on Brook Farm and the ideas of Fourier, French Socialist, was located here. Based on common property holding and equal labor, it failed in 1845 after July frosts had killed all crops.

Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1845.

Location. 41° 25.075′ N, 74° 59.697′ W. Marker is in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, in Pike County. It is at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 434 and Route 590, on the left when traveling south on Pennsylvania Route 434. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lackawaxen PA 18435, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains.

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Sylvania Colony (approx. 1.4 miles away); Ecker-Haupt War Memorial (approx. 3.3 miles away); Battle of Minisink (approx. 4.4 miles away in New York); Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct (approx. 4½ miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Minisink

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(approx. 4½ miles away); Canal Era Landscape (approx. 4½ miles away); Breaking the Ice (approx. 4½ miles away); Conflicts with Timber Rafts (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lackawaxen.

Also see . . . Sylvania Association Utopian Society. Society website homepage (Submitted on October 26, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, October 25, 2009

2. Sylvania Colony Marker

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, October 25, 2009

3. Sylvania Colony Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 980 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 26, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.