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In 1751, there was a forge at the mouth of the East Valley creek used to convert pig iron into bar iron. It was advertised for sale as the property of Daniel Walker, Stephen Evans, and Joseph Williams. It was originally called Mount Joy forge but came to be known as Valley Forge. The pig iron used at Valley Forge was hauled from Warwick Furnace.
Moselem Farms Mill: November 8, 1990 : Junction of Pennsylvania Route 662 and Forge Road: Richmond Township: 90: John Nicholas and Elizabeth Moyer House: John Nicholas and Elizabeth Moyer House: May 2, 2001 : 152 Hetrick Road
Valley Forge is a village in the southwestern corner of Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located just to the northeast of the city of York near the intersection of U.S. Route 30 and North Sherman Street. Harley-Davidson's York plant is nominally located in Valley Forge.
Maryland and Pennsylvania railroad tracks over Scott Creek, west of Watson's Corner and south of Pennsylvania Route 851 39°44′46″N 76°20′29″W / 39.746111°N 76.341389°W / 39.746111; -76.341389 ( Scott Creek Bridge-North, Maryland and Pennsylvania
West of Valley Forge on Kimberton Road 40°06′49″N 75°39′16″W / 40.113611°N 75.654444°W / 40.113611; -75.654444 ( Nicholas East West Vincent Township
Pennsylvania Route 23, Pennsylvania Route 29, and Pennsylvania Route 113 are the numbered roads serving Schuylkill Township. PA 23 follows Valley Forge Road and Schuylkill Road along a northwest-southeast alignment across the northern and eastern portions of the township.
Valley Forge was established as the first state park of Pennsylvania in 1893 by the Valley Forge Park Commission (VFPC) "to preserve, improve, and maintain as a public park the site on which General George Washington's army encamped at Valley Forge." [7] The area around Washington's headquarters was chosen as the park site.
Valley Forge State Park was the first state park in Pennsylvania, and the headquarters of the state forest were located there as well. The state park was transferred to the National Park Service and became a federal park in 1976 for the American Bicentennial. The state forest retained the Valley Forge name for thirty one years.