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John Speed's Ipswich is a graphic account of the town of Ipswich, Suffolk created by John Speed in conjunction with the Dutch engraver, Jodocus Hondius, in 1610. [1] It was featured as an inset for his map of the county of Suffolk, published in Theatre of The Empire of Great Britaine. It is the earliest extant map of Ipswich and features many ...
Three of these sites are shared with other states and are credited by the National Park Service as being located in those other states: the Delaware and Hudson Canal (centered in New York but extending into Pennsylvania); the Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey (on the Ohio–Pennsylvania border); and the Minisink Archeological Site ...
The most momentous disaster to afflict the people of the Alleghenies was the Johnstown Flood—locally known as the "Great Flood of 1889"—which occurred on May 31 of that year after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam on the Little Conemaugh River 14 miles (23 km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Location of Kittanning Gap after GNIS finding of 'Kittanning Gap, Pennsylvania' seen in USGS National Map viewer screenshot. The gap is located effectively in a western suburb of Altoona. • The maps on this page also are showing the nearby PRR Horseshoe Curve which crosses watercourses cutting three other gaps.
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Franklin County, Pennsylvania Washington County, Maryland: Population centers: In Pennsylvania: Harrisburg, Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Greencastle, Waynesboro In Maryland: Hagerstown: Borders on: Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (west/north) South Mountain (east/south) Susquehanna River (east)
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Pennsylvania (disambiguation). "Penn." redirects here. For other uses, see Penn. State in the United States Pennsylvania Pennsilfaani (Pennsylvania Dutch) State Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Flag Seal Nickname: The ...
An 1836 map of Pennsylvania's counties. The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, used by the U.S. government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. FIPS codes are five-digit numbers; for Pennsylvania the codes start with 42 and are completed with the three-digit county code.