Pennsylvania
Bradford County
Franklin Township

Laquin

Laquin is a ghost town in . It was founded in 1902 as a lumber town, but when the forests played out and the mills could no longer be fed, the industry left, and the people soon followed.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: human settlement in Pennsylvania, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Laquin, Pennsylvania”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barclay and Leroy.

Hamlet
The ghost town of , in , , was a coal mining town. Coal was transported down the mountain by a gravity powered incline plane rail system. is situated 2 miles northeast of Laquin.

Village
Photo: Nicholas, CC BY 2.0.
Township is a township in , United States. It is part of . The population was 632 at the 2020 census. is situated 4 miles northwest of Laquin.

Laquin

Latitude
41.6323° or 41° 37′ 56″ north
Longitude
-76.65078° or 76° 39′ 3″ west
Elevation
1,378 feet (420 metres)
Open location code
87H5J8JX+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158225348
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5197178
Wiki­data ID
Q6488488
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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 “Laquin”. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0.