Charlestown
Charlestown is a hamlet in Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Charlestown is situated nearby to the hamlet Cove Gap, as well as near Dickey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park.
Buchanan’s Birthplace State Park
Park
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Buchanan's Birthplace State Park is an 18.5-acre Pennsylvania state park near Cove Gap in Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The park is on Pennsylvania Route 16 along Tuscarora Mountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cove Gap and Mercersburg.
Cove Gap
Hamlet
Cove Gap is an unincorporated community in Peters Township in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 16 in the western portion of the township, near Buchanan's Birthplace State Park.
Mercersburg
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Mercersburg is a small town in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country region of Pennsylvania, not far from the Appalachian mountain chain that separates Mercersburg from McConnellsburg.
Markes
Hamlet
Markes is an unincorporated community in Peters Township, Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Markes is situated 3½ miles east of Charlestown.
Charlestown
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.85991° or 39° 51′ 36″ northLongitude
-77.93465° or 77° 56′ 5″ westElevation
761 feet (232 metres)Open location code
87F4V358+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 158434551OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4557116
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