Wysox in Bradford County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Azilum

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 13, 2015

1. Azilum Marker

Inscription.
Site of the famed French refugee colony is a few miles south. Here exiles laid out a town and built La Grande Maison for the Queen and her son, the heir to the throne of France.

Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list.

Location. 41° 46.464′ N, 76° 23.872′ W. Marker is in Wysox, Pennsylvania, in Bradford County. It is at the intersection of Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6) and Rome Road (PA 187) on Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wysox PA 18854, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wysox (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wysox Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Henry J. Madill (approx. 0.3 miles away); Major General John Sullivan’s March (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lester Frank Ward (approx. 1.8 miles away); Rural Electrification (approx.

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2 miles away); Jeremiah Culp, Civil War, Major (approx. 2.3 miles away); John Boyle (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wysox.

Also see . . .
1. French Azilum Historic Site - History. Site website homepage (Submitted on November 9, 2015, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)

2. MarkerQuest - Azilum. (Submitted on July 26, 2025, by Laura Klotz of Northampton, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 13, 2015

2. Azilum Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 6, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 538 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 6, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.