Pennsylvania
Bradford County
Asylum Township

Asylum

Asylum Township is a township in , United States. It is part of . The population was 999 at the 2020 census. The town contains the historic site of .
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  • Type: Village with 1,120 residents
  • Description: township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania
  • Also known as: “Asylum Township”, “Asylum Township, Pennsylvania”, and “Bacon Forks”

Places of Interest

Highlights include French Azilum.

Museum
Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0.
was a planned settlement built in 1793 in for French refugees fleeing the French Revolution and slave uprisings in Saint-Domingue. is situated 2 miles northeast of Asylum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camptown.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. The community is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 409 and Pennsylvania Route 706 4.6 miles north-northeast of . is situated 5 miles east of Asylum.

Asylum

Latitude
41.71313° or 41° 42′ 47″ north
Longitude
-76.33355° or 76° 20′ 1″ west
Population
1,120
Elevation
745 feet (227 metres)
Open location code
87H5PM78+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158228620
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5178647
Wiki­data ID
Q1893527
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Asylum” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “庇護鎮”
  • Dutch: “Asylum Township”
  • French: “Asylum Township”
  • German: “Asylum”
  • Italian: “Asylum”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Asylum”
  • Ukrainian: “Есайлум Тауншип”
  • Vietnamese: “Xã Asylum, Quận Bradford, Pennsylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Xã Asylum”
  • Welsh: “Asylum Township, Pennsylvania”
  • Welsh: “Asylum Township”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include French Asylum Church and Standing Stone Church.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Asylum”. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0.