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The following is a list of the 67 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, the municipalities having been consolidated in 1854, and all remaining county government functions having been merged into the city after a 1951 referendum. [ 1][ 2] Eight of the ten most populous ...
Northampton County and Lehigh County to its west combine to form the eastern Pennsylvania region known as the Lehigh Valley; Lehigh County, with a population of 374,557 as of the 2020 U.S. census, is the more highly populated of the two counties. Both counties are part of the Philadelphia media market, the fourth-largest in the nation.
Beaver County was created on March 12, 1800, from parts of Allegheny and Washington counties. [5] It took its name from the Beaver River. [6]Original township in 1800. The original townships at the date of the erection of Beaver County (1800) were North Beaver, east and west of the Big Beaver Creek; South Beaver, west of the Big Beaver; and Sewickley, east of the Big Beaver—all north of the ...
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. Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated ...
October 29, 1982 [ 1] Interactive map of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Bucks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 646,538, [ 2] making it the fourth-most populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Doylestown. [ 3] The county is named after the English county of Buckinghamshire.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. / 41°N 78.47°W / 41; -78.47. Clearfield County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 80,562. [ 2] The county seat is Clearfield, [ 3] and the largest city is DuBois. The county was created in 1804 and later organized in 1822. [ 4]
The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania was derived from "Penn's Woods", referring to William Penn's father Admiral Sir William Penn .
Schuylkill County ( / ˈskuːlkɪl /, [ 1] locally /- kəl /; Pennsylvania Dutch: Schulkill Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 143,049. [ 2] The county seat is Pottsville. [ 3] The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state.