Titusville, Pennsylvania

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Titusville, Pennsylvania is a small city in northwestern Pennsylvania historically known as the birthplace of the modern oil industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 814 ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 41.627°N 79.673°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countrySubdivision Northeastern United States ⓘ
county Crawford County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic small population ⓘ
economicHistory boomtown during early oil era ⓘ
elevation approximately 1,200 feet above sea level ⓘ
foundedAsSettlement early 19th century ⓘ
governmentType city government ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Titusville Area School District ⓘ
University of Pittsburgh at Titusville ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation historic oil boom town ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Titusville Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Drake Well ⓘ
Drake Well Museum and Park ⓘ
hasIndustry manufacturing (historical) ⓘ
oil refining (historical) ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasMuseum Titusville Iron Works Museum ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Oil Creek State Park ⓘ
hasPostalCode 16354 ⓘ
hasRailwayHistory Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad ⓘ
hasTransportation Pennsylvania Route 27 ⓘ
Pennsylvania Route 8 ⓘ
hasUTCOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC−04:00 ⓘ
historicalSignificance site of first commercially successful oil well in the United States ⓘ
incorporatedAsBorough mid-19th century ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity late 19th century ⓘ
influencedByEvent Pennsylvania oil rush ⓘ
knownFor birthplace of the modern oil industry ⓘ
early petroleum production ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Erie, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Franklin, Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody Oil Creek ⓘ
namedAfter Titus family ⓘ
near Oil Creek State Park ⓘ
partOf Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
Oil Creek Valley ⓘ
linked to: Oil Creek valley
populationTrend small city ⓘ
region Oil Region of Pennsylvania ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ

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Drake Well → locatedIn → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Oil Creek region of Pennsylvania → hasPart → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Jeannie Seely → placeOfBirth → Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Titusville, Pennsylvania
Hayden White → placeOfBirth → Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States of America ⓘ
linked to: Titusville, Pennsylvania
Oil City → hasNearbyCity → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Route 8 → passesThroughBorough → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Crawford County, Pennsylvania → hasCity → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Drake Well → locatedIn → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Drake Well Museum and Park → locatedIn → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Drake Well Museum and Park → nearbyAttractionOf → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania oil rush → inceptionSite → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Edwin Drake → workLocation → Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Titusville, Pennsylvania
Edwin Drake → residence → Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Titusville, Pennsylvania
Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad → terminus → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad → nearestCity → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Oil Creek valley → contains → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Oil Creek valley → hasNearbyCity → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Oil Creek State Park → locatedNear → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
George Bissell → associatedWithPlace → Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ