Official Name: | Fort Hill, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania |
Pushpin Label: | Fort Hill |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Somerset |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1585 |
Coordinates: | 39.8303°N -79.2725°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 15540 |
Area Code: | 814 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1175007 |
Fort Hill is an unincorporated community in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along the Casselman River, 4.6miles east-northeast of Confluence. Fort Hill has a post office, with ZIP code 15540, which opened on December 23, 1885.[1] [2]
Fort Hill was the location of a Monongahela Native American settlement, which a 1939-1940 WPA excavation directed by Edgar Augustine dated to circa 1275-1300.[3]
Fort Hill sits along the old Baltimore and Ohio Railroad main line; a view of the natural landmark appeared in a collection of photographs from along the B&O's lines that was published in book form in 1872 and digitized by the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University.[4]
Fort Hill has a trail access area for the Great Allegheny Passage rail trail. This is the only trail access area with parking between Markleton to the northeast and Harnedsville to the southwest.[5]