County of marker: Erie County
Location of marker: Erie County Courthouse, W. 6th St. between Peach & Sassafras, Erie
Marker erected by: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Date erected: Friday, August 21, 1981
Marker Text:
ERIE COUNTY
Formed March 12, 1800 from Allegheny County. Named for Lake Erie, which took its own name from the Erie Indians. Erie, the county seat, was laid out 1795; made a city in 1851. Ships of Perry's fleet which won the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie were built here.