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Hartley Township in Hartleton in Union County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Hartleton

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Hartleton Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 15, 2024
1. Hartleton Marker
Inscription.
Named for Colonel Hartley
who owned the land at time
town was laid out
Founded
1793

 
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 1793.
 
Location. 40° 53.976′ N, 77° 10.023′ W. Marker is in Hartleton, Pennsylvania, in Union County. It is in Hartley Township. It is on Old Turnpike Road (Pennsylvania Route 45), on the right when traveling east. Marker is opposite Hartleton Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 189 Old Turnpike Road, Millmont PA 17845, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna Valley. 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.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Evangelical Church (approx. 5.9 miles away); Leroy Massacre (approx. 6 miles away); Vietnam (approx. 6.2 miles away); USS Cole... (approx. 6.2 miles away); Original Site of the Union County W.W. II Draft Board (approx. 6.2 miles away); Sept. 11, 2001... (approx. 6.2 miles away); Korea (approx. 6.2 miles away); Union County World War II Honor Roll (approx. 6.2 miles away).
 
Hartleton Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 15, 2024
2. Hartleton Marker
Looking east
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 215 times since then and 21 times this year. Last updated on August 23, 2025, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 17, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Sep. 15, 2026