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Upper Yoder Township near Johnstown in Cambria County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

County of Somerset

1925

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County of Cambria

1926

 
 
County of Somerset / County of Cambria Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 26, 2026
1. County of Somerset / County of Cambria Marker
Inscription.
(Somerset):
County Commissioners
J. J. Stahl • P. A. Kreger • J. H. Bender
County Engineer
Phil A. Shaffer
Chief Clerk
Elsie Duppstadt


(Cambria):
County Commissioners
J. D. Walker • H. C. George • W. J. Cavanaugh
County Engineer
L. R. Owen
Chief Clerk
S. S. Kinkead

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Political Subdivisions.
 
Location. 40° 17.129′ N, 79° 0.457′ W. Marker is near Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in Cambria County. It is in Upper Yoder Township. It is on Ligonier Pike (Pennsylvania Route 3001) just west of Nitch Lane, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 375 Ligonier Pike, Johnstown PA 15905, 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,
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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: D.A.R. Great War Honor Roll (approx. 0.6 miles away); Roxbury (approx. 4.4 miles away); Franklin Delano Roosevelt (approx. 4.4 miles away); Samuel Cole (approx. 4.6 miles away); Union Cemetery Marker (approx. 4.6 miles away); George Lucas (approx. 4.6 miles away); 1889 Johnstown Flood Unidentified Dead (approx. 4.7 miles away); Johnstown Civil War Memorial (approx. 4.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Johnstown.
 
County of Somerset / County of Cambria Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 26, 2026
2. County of Somerset / County of Cambria Marker
County of Somerset / County of Cambria Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 26, 2026
3. County of Somerset / County of Cambria Marker
View is looking west.
County of Somerset / County of Cambria Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 26, 2026
4. County of Somerset / County of Cambria Marker
View is looking east.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 9 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 16, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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Sep. 26, 2026