Venango County, PA

Headnote
VENANGO COUNTY, situated in the northwesterly part of Pennsylvania, and traversed by Allegheny river. Area, 1,120 equare miles. Face of the country, broken; soil along the streams, fertile. Seat of justice, Franklin. Pop. in 1810, 3,060 ; in 1820, 4,915 ; in 1830, 9,470 ; in 1840, 17,900; in 1850, 18,310. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Pennsylvania

Venango County, Pennsylvania (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
VENANGO COUNTY, situated in the northwesterly part of Pennsylvania, and traversed by Allegheny river. Area, 1,120 equare miles. Face of the country, broken; soil along the streams, fertile. Seat of justice, Franklin. Pop. in 1810, 3,060 ; in 1820, 4,915 ; in 1830, 9,470 ; in 1840, 17,900; in 1850, 18,310.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 366.
Date Type
A serious fire in Pennsylvania's oil fields destroys nine wells along Bennehof Run in Venango County Crime/Disasters
Henry Pope leases his farm in western Pennsylvania for oil exploration Business/Industry
- In Pennsylvania, the world's first oil field fire kills nineteen people and burns for three days Crime/Disasters
Name Type
Franklin, PA City or Town
Pithole, PA City or Town
Reno, PA City or Town
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