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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.
Counties constituting the Pennsylvania Dutch Country Region. Pennsylvania Dutch Country refers to an area of Pennsylvania, which has a high percentage of Amish, Mennonite, and "Fancy Dutch" residents. The Pennsylvania Dutch language was historically common, and is still spoken today by many Amish people residing in the state.
History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (2 C, 9 P) F. History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (6 P) History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (2 C, 9 P) L.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 610 square miles (1,600 km 2), of which 601 square miles (1,560 km 2) is land and 9.0 square miles (23 km 2) (1.5%) is water. [4] It has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb), and average temperatures in Clarion borough range from 24.5 °F in January to 82 °F in July. [5]
Pennsylvania's history of human habitation extends thousands of years before the foundation of the colonial Province of Pennsylvania in 1681. Archaeologists believe the first settlement of the Americas occurred at least 15,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, though it is unclear when humans first inhabited present-day Pennsylvania.
Montgomery County, colloquially referred to as Montco, [1] is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.As of the 2020 census, the population of the county was 856,553, making it the third-most populous county in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia and Allegheny counties, also the most populous county in Pennsylvania without a major city. [2]
The five Pennsylvania counties that experienced the fastest estimated population declines from 2022 to 2023 are. Forest County, with a population decrease of 2.3%; Union County, with a population ...
Erie County was established on March 12, 1800, from part of Allegheny County, which absorbed the lands of the disputed Erie Triangle in 1792. Prior to 1792, the region was claimed by both New York and Pennsylvania and so no county demarcations were made until the federal government intervened.