Susquehanna County
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N 41° 50.034 W 075° 52.609
18T E 427194 N 4631706
Sign in Monument Square by the Courthouse at Maple St. and Lake Ave.
Waymark Code: WMN502
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2014
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The sign text "Formed on February 21, 1810 out of Luzerne County. Named for Susquehanna River. Home of Galusha A. Grow, sponsor of 1862 Homestead Act. Montrose, county seat incorporated 1824, was an early Abolitionist center and stop on the Underground Railroad."
Marker Name: Susquehanna County
County: Susquehanna
Date Dedicated: 07/05/1982
Marker Type: City
Location: Monument Square at Maple St. & Lake Ave., adjacent to County Courthouse, Montrose
Category: African American, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century, Underground Railroad
Website: [Web Link]
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