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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 ...
The U.S. state of Pennsylvania is divided into 1,547 townships in 67 counties. For listings of townships in individual counties, see the category Townships in Pennsylvania by county . Contents
www.co.lancaster.pa.us. Lancaster County (/ ˈlæŋkɪstər /; Pennsylvania Dutch: Lengeschder Kaundi), sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 552,984, making it Pennsylvania's sixth-most populous county. [ 2 ]
Thirty-two of Pennsylvania's sixty-seven counties levy a personal property tax on stocks, bonds, and similar holdings. With the exception of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, municipalities and school districts are allowed to enact a local earned income tax within the purview of Act 32. Residents of these municipalities and school ...
www.luzernecounty.org. Luzerne County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 906 square miles (2,350 km 2), of which 890 square miles (2,300 km 2) is land and 16 square miles (41 km 2) is water. It is Northeastern Pennsylvania 's second-largest county by ...
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. The county is part of the Southeast Pennsylvania region of the state.
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.
Local government in Pennsylvania is government below the state level in Pennsylvania. There are six types of local governments listed in the Pennsylvania Constitution: county, township, borough, town, city, and school district. [1][2] All of Pennsylvania is included in one of the state's 67 counties, which are in total subdivided into 2,560 ...