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The Health of the Commonwealth: A Brief History of Medicine, Public Health, and Disease in Pennsylvania (2020) online review Higgins, James E. "Keystone of an epidemic: Pennsylvania's urban experience during the 1918–1920 influenza epidemic" (PhD Dissertation, Lehigh University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2009. 3354767) Covers the major ...
Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted. There are 56 municipalities classified as cities in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1] Each city is further classified based on population, with Philadelphia being of the first class, Pittsburgh of the second class, Scranton of the second class A, and the remaining 53 cities being of the third class.
History of Allentown, Pennsylvania (4 C, 44 P, 3 F) C. ... Pages in category "Histories of cities in Pennsylvania" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of ...
Pennsylvania is a state located in the Northeastern United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state with 13,002,700 inhabitants [1] and the 32nd-largest by land area spanning 44,742.70 square miles (115,883.1 km 2) of land. [2] Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties and contains 2,560 municipalities.
Histories of cities in Pennsylvania (8 C, 6 P) ... Pages in category "History of Pennsylvania" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.
Unlike other forms of municipalities in Pennsylvania, boroughs and towns are not classified according to population. Boroughs designated in the table below with a dagger (†) are home rule municipalities and are also found in the List of Pennsylvania municipalities and counties with home rule charters, optional charters, or optional plans. The ...
Westward expansion of the Pennsylvania Railroad helped Philadelphia keep up with nearby New York City in domestic commerce, as both cities fought for dominance in transporting iron and coal resources from Pennsylvania. Philadelphia's other local railroad was the Reading Railroad, but after a series of bankruptcies, it was taken over by New Yorkers.
The General Assembly of Pennsylvania commissioned the surveying of land near Presque Isle through an act passed on 18 April 1795. Andrew Ellicott, who famously completed Pierre Charles L'Enfant's survey of Washington, D.C., and helped resolve the boundary between Pennsylvania and New York, arrived to begin the survey in June 1795. Initial ...