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Built/founded
  
1770

Zip code
  
18704

Local time
  
Wednesday 4:09 AM

PA marker dedicated
  
October 13, 1947

Population
  
4,171 (2013)

Forty Fort

Location
  
US 11 (Wyoming Ave.) & River St., Forty Fort, Pennsylvania

Weather
  
-8°C, Wind W at 13 km/h, 66% Humidity

University
  
Fortis Institute - Forty Fort

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Forty Fort was a stronghold built by settlers from Westmoreland County, Connecticut, on the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolutionary War, both Connecticut and Pennsylvania claimed this territory, as Connecticut laid claim to a wide swath of land to its west based on its colonial charter. These competing claims were settled by exchanges and agreements with resolution by the national government after the United States gained independence.

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Map of Forty Fort, PA, USA

This fort became a refuge for displaced settlers during the Battle of Wyoming in 1778. Zebulon Butler's force of Continental and allied Indians was defeated by the far larger force of Loyalists and their Indian allies.

References

Forty Fort Wikipedia