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Kresgeville in Monroe County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Fort Norris

 
 
Fort Norris Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, August 2, 2015
1. Fort Norris Marker
Inscription. Built in 1756 by the Province of Pennsylvania. One of a series of frontier defenses erected during the French and Indian War. The site was about a mile distant.
 
Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and CastlesWar, French and Indian. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1756.
 
Location. 40° 54.14′ N, 75° 29.441′ W. Marker is in Kresgeville, Pennsylvania, in Monroe County. Marker is on Interchange Road (US 209). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kresgeville PA 18333, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. A different marker also named Fort Norris (here, next to this marker); World War II Memorial (approx. 3˝ miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 9˝ miles away); Sullivan Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians, 1779 (approx. 9˝ miles away); Sullivan's March (approx. 9˝ miles away); Fenner-Snyder Mill (approx. 9˝ miles away); St. Paul's Cemetery and Graveyard (approx. 10.4 miles away); Wind Gap Veterans Memorial (approx. 11 miles away).
 
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 MarkerQuest - Fort Norris. (Submitted on October 12, 2022, by Laura Klotz of Northampton, Pennsylvania.)
 
Fort Norris Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, August 2, 2015
2. Fort Norris Marker
This Fort Norris Marker is next to the other Fort Norris Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, August 2, 2015
3. This Fort Norris Marker is next to the other Fort Norris Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 539 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 9, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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