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Shirley and had several other forts built in a defensive line, to protect settlers from Native American attacks. The fort was abandoned in late 1756 because it was considered too difficult to defend.
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1536:communities
1513:Robertsdale
1439:Springfield
1270:Mount Union
1260:Marklesburg
1195:County seat
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966:January 23,
838:other races
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444:Mount Union
150: /
1674:Categories
1619:Ghost town
1434:Smithfield
1280:Petersburg
1265:Mill Creek
1250:Huntingdon
1225:Birmingham
1220:Alexandria
1202:Huntingdon
1107:2008-01-31
875:References
823:As of the
416:blockhouse
247:Population
197:Government
191:Huntingdon
138:77°52′31″W
135:40°17′51″N
1636:Footnotes
1599:Saulsburg
1594:Puttstown
1584:Nossville
1544:Ardenheim
1497:Allenport
1374:Henderson
1326:Townships
1295:Shade Gap
1275:Orbisonia
1235:Cassville
487:Orbisonia
469:Geography
457:in 1984.
400:Scarouady
335:FIPS code
323:Area code
277:Time zone
239:Elevation
1579:Neelyton
1564:Entriken
1559:Donation
1379:Hopewell
1369:Franklin
1359:Cromwell
1290:Saltillo
1285:Rockhill
1255:Mapleton
1240:Coalmont
1212:Boroughs
894:July 28,
842:Hispanic
832:, 1.43%
817:Sources:
436:Rockhill
408:Logstown
357:447, 448
339:42-70408
311:ZIP code
1569:Hesston
1429:Shirley
1394:Lincoln
1389:Juniata
1384:Jackson
933:May 27,
382:History
368:borough
349:1215280
164:Country
30:Borough
1554:Calvin
1464:Walker
1424:Porter
1414:Oneida
1409:Morris
1404:Miller
1364:Dublin
1344:Carbon
1334:Barree
1245:Dudley
1020:
846:Latino
825:census
754:−38.2%
724:−29.5%
664:−21.9%
634:−29.2%
619:−11.4%
514:Census
404:Lenape
396:Oneida
186:County
1627:Aitch
1459:Union
1399:Logan
1339:Brady
830:White
812:−7.3%
769:−4.8%
739:40.0%
709:−0.4%
694:11.5%
649:11.3%
604:14.7%
589:−9.6%
574:−1.9%
559:46.2%
366:is a
316:17260
305:(EDT)
303:UTC-4
282:UTC-5
174:State
1523:Wood
1489:CDPs
1479:Wood
1474:West
1454:Todd
1449:Tell
1419:Penn
1354:Clay
1349:Cass
1138:2013
1081:2013
1018:ISBN
968:2018
935:2020
896:2020
799:7.1%
790:2010
784:0.0%
775:2000
760:1990
745:1980
730:1970
715:1960
700:1950
685:1940
679:8.5%
670:1930
655:1920
640:1910
625:1900
610:1890
595:1880
580:1870
565:1860
550:1850
535:1840
523:Note
518:Pop.
449:The
390:, a
210:Area
844:or
807:139
794:150
779:140
764:140
749:147
734:238
719:170
704:241
689:242
674:217
659:200
644:256
629:230
614:325
599:367
584:320
569:354
554:361
539:247
440:wye
370:in
328:814
296:DST
263:139
255:150
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