Fort Littleton, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}

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|subdivision_name3= Dublin

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Fort Littleton is an unincorporated community in Dublin Township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Fort Littleton is located at the junction of U.S. Route 522 and Plum Hollow Road, a short distance north of an interchange between US 522 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76), which is called the Fort Littleton interchange.{{cite map|publisher=PennDOT|title=Fulton County, Pennsylvania Highway Map|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/fulton_GHSN.PDF|year=2014|accessdate=November 10, 2015}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The town was named for the 18th century Fort Lyttleton and was established near the fort's former location in 1767.[https://books.google.com/books?id=pMI-AQAAMAAJ "History of Dublin Township," in History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania, Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884; pp. 594-601, 659-664]

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