Pithole

Ghost town · Venango County, Pennsylvania

Titusville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1927, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pithole is a ghost town in Venango County, Pennsylvania, recorded as human settlement in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. It is one of 2 former communities in Venango County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 22nd among the 45 Pennsylvania counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pithole as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 41.5239° N, 79.5814° W.

Key facts

Elevation	1,492 ft
Nearest living town	Pleasantville, PA
Distance to it	4.8 miles
Coordinates	41.52389, -79.58139

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What's there now

Pithole is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Pleasantville, PA (population 794), about 4.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,492 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Site of the deserted ghost town of Pithole, Pennsylvania, United States. The interpretive center is seen at the top of the hill. · Plazak / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearby places

Petroleum Center
ghost town · Venango County · 5.3 mi
Fagundus
ghost town · Warren County · 10.7 mi
Grunderville
ghost town · Warren County · 28.6 mi
Waterford Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Erie County · 34.9 mi
Swamproot
ghost town · Mercer County · 36 mi
South Sulger
ghost town · Jefferson County · 38.8 mi
Morrison
ghost town · McKean County · 39.5 mi
Sulger
ghost town · Jefferson County · 39.7 mi
Kinzua
ghost town · Warren County · 39.7 mi
North Sulger
ghost town · Jefferson County · 40.6 mi
Sugar Run
ghost town · Warren County · 41.8 mi
Olmstead
ghost town · Warren County · 43 mi

Questions

Where is Pithole?

Pithole is in Venango County, Pennsylvania, at 41.5239, -79.5814.

How many ghost towns are in Venango County?

Venango County, Pennsylvania has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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