Oliphant Furnace, Pennsylvania

Oliphant Furnace, Pennsylvania

Oliphant Furnace is a small unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, located just south of Uniontown, which itself is south of Pittsburgh.

The town began as a mining community which grew up around the cokeworks which bore the name "Oliphant Furnace" in the 1870s. Other towns with "Furnace" in the name can be found in the region.

Several original saltbox houses which were built by the mining companies can still be found in town, as well as the ruins of the cokeworks just outside of town.

Coordinates: 39°50′32″N 79°43′33″W / 39.84222°N 79.72583°W / 39.84222; -79.72583


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