Pithole City
Pithole, or Pithole City, is a ghost town in Cornplanter Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States, about 6 miles from Oil Creek State Park and the Drake Well Museum, the site of the first commercial oil well in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Pit Hole”, “Pithole”, and “Pithole, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pithole Stone Arch Bridge.
Pithole Stone Arch Bridge
Bridge
The Pithole Stone Arch Bridge is a 37-foot masonry, deck arch bridge that spans Pithole Creek between Cornplanter and President Townships, Venango County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Pithole Stone Arch Bridge is situated 2½ miles south of Pithole City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Petroleum Center.
Petroleum Center
Hamlet
Petroleum Center is a populated place and ghost town in Cornplanter Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. In the 19th century, the name was also spelled "Petroleum Centre". The town today is almost deserted. Petroleum Center is situated 5 miles west of Pithole City.
Pithole City
- Categories: ghost town, borough of Pennsylvania, and locality
- Location: Cornplanter Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.52089° or 41° 31′ 15″ northLongitude
-79.58699° or 79° 35′ 13″ westElevation
1,316 feet (401 metres)Open location code
87H2GCC7+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 158390686OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Pithole City” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “皮托爾城”
- Dutch: “Pithole”
- Esperanto: “Pithole”
- French: “Pithole”
- German: “Pithole City”
- German: “Pithole”
- Igbo: “Pithole, Pennsylvania”
- Igbo: “Pithole”
- Japanese: “ピットホール”
- Spanish: “Pithole”
- Vietnamese: “Pithole, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Pithole”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pithole Visitors Center and Cornplanter Municipal Building.
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