Port Allegany in McKean County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Port Allegany

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 22, 2015

1. Port Allegany Marker

Inscription. Travel point since pioneer days, when travelers coming overland from the Susquehanna continued by water from "Canoe Place." The town grew as a center of lumber and tanning industry. Its descriptive present name came into use about 1840.

Erected 1941 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1840.

Location. 41° 49.165′ N, 78° 17.371′ W. Marker is in Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, in McKean County. It is on Grand Army of the Republic Highway (U.S. 6) 0.1 miles west of East Main Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Port Allegany PA 16743, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and specifically in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern

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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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Port Allegany Veterans Memorial (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Port Allegany (approx. ¾ mile away); Port Allegany World War Memorial (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Port Allegany (approx. ¾ mile away); Allegheny Portage (approx. 1.1 miles away); Mt. Equity Plantation (approx. 5.1 miles away); Port Allegany, PA (approx. 5.7 miles away); Saint Mary's Church (approx. 6.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Allegany.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 22, 2015

2. Port Allegany Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 627 times since then and 34 times this year. Last updated on July 6, 2024, by Sam Skeen of State College, Pennsylvania. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 25, 2015, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.