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    Titusville is a city in the far eastern corner of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,262 at the 2020 census. Titusville...
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    America started in Titusville, Pennsylvania, in the Oil Creek Valley when Edwin L. Drake struck "rock oil" there in 1859. Titusville and other towns on...
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    hearing of reports that petroleum collected from an oil spring in Titusville, Pennsylvania, was suitable for use as lamp fuel. Until this time, the primary...
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  • Titusville is the name of several places: Titusville, Florida Titusville, Birmingham, Alabama Titusville, New Jersey Titusville, a former community in...
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    drilled especially to produce oil, at a site on Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania. The Drake partners were encouraged by Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864)...
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    The Titusville Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National...
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    Regions of Pennsylvania List of invasive plant species in Pennsylvania "Wiktionary Entry for Dutch". 4 December 2022. "Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1896". World...
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    surrounds the borough of Hydetown in the west and borders the city of Titusville, located on the Venango County line, to the north, east, and west. Oil...
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    petroleum industry began in 1859 when Edwin Drake found oil near Titusville, Pennsylvania. The industry grew slowly in the 1800s, primarily producing kerosene...
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  • industry comes from Wildcat Hollow, now in Oil Creek State Park near Titusville, Pennsylvania. Wildcat Hollow was one of the many productive fields in the early...
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