Canon Hill

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Canon Hill was the original settlement or community that later developed into the borough of Canonsburg in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

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instanceOf former community
historic settlement
coordinateLocation 40.258°N 80.187°W
country United States of America
developedInto Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
foundingContext Euro-American settlement of western Pennsylvania
hasCurrentStatus absorbed into Canonsburg
no longer a separate municipality
hasGeographicFeature hill
hasHistoricalSignificance early frontier settlement in southwestern Pennsylvania
origin point of the borough of Canonsburg
hasRole original settlement of Canonsburg
locatedIn Washington County, Pennsylvania
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Pennsylvania
Washington County
locatedInRegion Appalachian Plateau
Western Pennsylvania
locatedInTime 18th century
locatedInValleyOrBasin Chartiers Creek watershed
linked to: Chartiers Creek
namedAfter Col. John Canon
nearbySettlement Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Washington, Pennsylvania
originalFunction local trading point
residential frontier community
partOf Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
partOfHistoricalRegion Washington County frontier settlements
presentInJurisdiction Borough of Canonsburg

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