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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
University of Pittsburgh at Titusville NERFINISHED
hasHeritageDesignation historic oil boom town
hasHistoricDistrict Titusville Historic District NERFINISHED
hasHistoricSite Drake Well NERFINISHED
Drake Well Museum and Park NERFINISHED
hasIndustry manufacturing (historical)
oil refining (historical)
tourism
hasMuseum Titusville Iron Works Museum NERFINISHED
hasNearbyProtectedArea Oil Creek State Park NERFINISHED
hasPostalCode 16354
hasRailwayHistory Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad NERFINISHED
hasTransportation Pennsylvania Route 27 NERFINISHED
Pennsylvania Route 8 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
knownFor birthplace of the modern oil industry
early petroleum production
locatedIn northwestern Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Erie, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
Franklin, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
locatedOnWaterbody Oil Creek NERFINISHED
namedAfter Titus family NERFINISHED
near Oil Creek State Park NERFINISHED
partOf Appalachian Plateau NERFINISHED
Oil Creek Valley NERFINISHED
populationTrend small city
region Oil Region of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
state Pennsylvania

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National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania locatedIn Titusville, Pennsylvania
subject surface form: Drake Well
Oil Creek region of Pennsylvania hasPart Titusville, Pennsylvania
Jeannie Seely placeOfBirth Titusville, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States
Hayden White placeOfBirth Titusville, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States of America