Maria Furnace
Maria Furnace is a South Mountain populated place on Toms Creek in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States, west of Fairfield, that was the location of an 1822 blast furnace until operations were moved to Caledonia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Maria Furnace, PA” and “Maria Furnace, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jacks Mountain Covered Bridge.
Jacks Mountain Covered Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
The Jacks Mountain Covered Bridge is an historic American covered bridge which is located in Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Iron Springs and Virginia Mills.
Iron Springs
Hamlet
Iron Springs is a South Mountain populated place on Toms Creek, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States, located west of Fairfield, that is near the location of the 1822 Maria Furnace.
Virginia Mills
Hamlet
Virginia Mills, Pennsylvania was an 1889 stop on the Western Extension of the Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway near Fairfield, Pennsylvania and the site of the 1863 Battle of Fairfield in the American Civil War. Virginia Mills is situated 2½ miles northeast of Maria Furnace.
Monterey
Hamlet
Monterey, Pennsylvania, is an unincorporated community which was added to the USGS Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. After the site was surveyed c. 1839 for the never-completed Tapeworm Railroad, the summit community was settled on the… Monterey is situated 4½ miles southwest of Maria Furnace.
Maria Furnace
Latitude
39.7751° or 39° 46′ 30″ northLongitude
-77.40499° or 77° 24′ 18″ westElevation
699 feet (213 metres)Open location code
87F4QHGW+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 158349511OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Maria Furnace” goes by many names.
- French: “Maria Furnace”
- Irish: “Maria Furnace”
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Highlights include Saint Marys Cemetery and Jacks Mountain.
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