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Pritchard

Ghost town · Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Tioga quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1900, 1:62,500)
Tioga quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1900, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pritchard is a ghost town in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It is one of 5 former communities in Tioga County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 45 Pennsylvania counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pritchard as a historical populated place on the Tioga topographic quadrangle: 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 41.9865° N, 77.1575° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleTioga
Elevation1,079 ft
Nearest living townLawrenceville, PA
Distance to it1.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1217366
Coordinates41.98646, -77.15747

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What's there now

Pritchard is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lawrenceville, PA (population 671), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,079 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Pritchard?

Pritchard is in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at 41.9865, -77.1575.

How many ghost towns are in Tioga County?

Tioga County, Pennsylvania has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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