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Trafford in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

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Trafford Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 9, 2025
1. Trafford Marker
Inscription.
Named by
George Westinghouse
For Trafford Park, England
Founded 1904

 
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 1904.
 
Location. 40° 23.586′ N, 79° 44.098′ W. Marker is in Trafford, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is on 7th Street Extension (Pennsylvania Route 130) 0.1 miles west of Saunders Station Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 505 7th Street Extension, Trafford PA 15085, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Laurel Highlands and 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen
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Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Level Green Veterans Monuments (approx. 0.6 miles away); Sergeant First Class Robert J. Fike (approx. 1.3 miles away); Global War on Terror Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Korea • Vietnam Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); American Gold Star Mothers Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Trafford's Fallen Heroes (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Trafford.
 
Trafford Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 9, 2025
2. Trafford Marker
View is looking west.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 11, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 86 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 11, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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