Fort Venango
Fort Venango was a small British fort built in 1760 near the present-day site of Franklin, Pennsylvania. It replaced Fort Machault, a French fort built at the confluence of French Creek and the Allegheny River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Memorial
- Description: 18th century fort in colonial Pennsylvania
- Inscription: “To assert control over the area, Fort Venango was built near this point by the British in 1760. The fort was attacked and destroyed by Indians in 1763 during Pontiac’s uprising.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Franklin First United Methodist Church and DeBence Antique Music World.
Franklin First United Methodist Church
Church
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Franklin First United Methodist Church is situated 2,500 feet northwest of Fort Venango.
DeBence Antique Music World
Museum
DeBence Antique Music World is a museum in Franklin, Pennsylvania whose collection contains more than 100 antique mechanical musical instruments, including music boxes, band organs, player pianos, a nickelodeon piano, as well as a number of other antiques. DeBence Antique Music World is situated 3,800 feet northwest of Fort Venango.
Barrow Civic Theater
Theater building
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barrow Civic Theater is a theater building, which is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Fort Venango.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Franklin and Polk.
Franklin
Photo: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Franklin is a city in Venango County, in the Erie Region of Pennsylvania. Franklin, Titusville and Oil City, make up the Oil Region. Although the town remains rather quiet, the oil boom has left the city with many historic buildings.
Polk
Village
Polk is a borough in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 703 at the 2020 census. Polk State Center, a state-run facility for the intellectually disabled, was opened in 1897 and is located in the borough. Polk is situated 6 miles west of Fort Venango.
Woodland Heights
Village
Woodland Heights is a census-designated place in Cranberry Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,402 at the 2000 census. Woodland Heights is situated 6 miles east of Fort Venango.
Fort Venango
- Categories: fort and historic site
- Location: City of Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.38932° or 41° 23′ 22″ northLongitude
-79.82219° or 79° 49′ 20″ westOpen location code
87H295QH+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 11808536836OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q5472223
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In Other Languages
“Fort Venango” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Форт Венанго”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Franklin First Church of God and Samuel Justus Recreational Trail Visitor Center.
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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 “Fort Venango”. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0.