Venango County, Pennsylvania

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Venango County, Pennsylvania is a rural county in the northwestern part of the state known for its historic role in the early American oil industry and its location along major waterways.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Pennsylvania ⓘ
bordersWaterBody Allegheny River ⓘ
French Creek ⓘ
characterizedAs rural county ⓘ
contains Allegheny River Islands Wilderness (part) ⓘ
Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Barkeyville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Canal Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Clintonville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Cooperstown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Cornplanter Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Cranberry Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Emlenton, Pennsylvania (part) ⓘ
Frenchcreek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Irwin Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Kennerdell, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Mineral Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Oakland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Oil Creek ⓘ
linked to: Oil Creek valley

Oil Creek State Park ⓘ
Pinegrove Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pleasantville, Pennsylvania (part) ⓘ
Polk, Pennsylvania ⓘ
President Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Reno, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Richland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Rocky Grove, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Rouseville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Sandycreek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Scrubgrass Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Seneca, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Sugarcreek, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Utica, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Victory Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Franklin, Pennsylvania ⓘ
founded 1800 ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry energy and oil-related heritage tourism ⓘ
historicalEvent site of early commercial oil drilling in the United States ⓘ
historicalSiteNearby Drake Well (in adjacent Crawford County, influencing Venango oil region) ⓘ
linked to: Drake Well
knownFor early American oil industry ⓘ
historic oil boom of the 19th century ⓘ
largestCity Oil City, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Oil City
locatedIn northwestern Pennsylvania ⓘ
namedFor Venango River ⓘ
partOf Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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Allegheny River → flowsThrough → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry → companyRecruitmentArea → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Mercer County, Pennsylvania → borderedBy → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Butler County, Pennsylvania → borderedBy → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Oil Creek region of Pennsylvania → locatedIn → Venango County ⓘ
linked to: Venango County, Pennsylvania
Forest County, Pennsylvania → borders → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Oil City → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Venango County ⓘ
linked to: Venango County, Pennsylvania
Forest County → hasBorderWith → Venango County ⓘ
linked to: Venango County, Pennsylvania
Alexander Hays → birthPlace → Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Venango County, Pennsylvania
Franklin, Pennsylvania → locatedIn → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Franklin, Pennsylvania → isCountySeatOf → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Route 8 → passesThroughCounty → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Route 8 → locatedIn → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Route 208 → passesThrough → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Northwestern Pennsylvania → includesCounty → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
subject linked to: northwestern Pennsylvania
Crawford County, Pennsylvania → borders → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Drake Well Museum and Park → county → Venango County ⓘ
linked to: Venango County, Pennsylvania
Rouseville, Pennsylvania → county → Venango County ⓘ
linked to: Venango County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania oil rush → locatedIn → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad → passesThrough → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Oil Creek valley → locatedIn → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania → passesThrough → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Oil Creek State Park → locatedIn → Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ