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The Colony of Pennsylvania was a 1680 land grant from King Charles II of England to William Penn. Comprising more than 45,000 square miles (120,000 km 2), it was named for his father, Sir William Penn. In 1743, Richard and Thomas Penn, both sons of William Penn, mapped out the town of Reading with Conrad Weiser.
The Office of Management and Budget [17] has designated Berks County as the Reading, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 U.S. census [ 18 ] the metropolitan area is the 10th-most populous in Pennsylvania and the 128th-most populous in the U.S. with a population of 413,491.
Reading: 1752: Parts of Chester, Lancaster and Philadelphia Counties: The English county of Berkshire: 432,821: 866 sq mi (2,243 km 2) Blair County: 013: Hollidaysburg: 1846: Parts of Huntingdon and Bedford Counties: John Blair (1766-1832) a local pioneer farmer, merchant, and public servant [8] 120,273: 527 sq mi (1,365 km 2) Bradford County ...
Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted in red. 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]
The Poconos, or the Pocono Mountains region, is a mountainous region of about 2,400 square miles (6,200 km 2) located in Northeastern Pennsylvania, approximately 30 miles north of Allentown, which is a nationally popular recreational winter destination for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports and (in off-season months) for hiking ...
Pennsylvania is 180 miles (290 km) north to south and 310 miles (500 km) east to west. The total land area is 44,817 square miles (116,080 km 2)—739,200 acres (2,991 km 2) of which are bodies of water. It is the 33rd largest state in the United States.
What Big Lots stores are closing in Pa? According to Big Lots’ online inventory of locations, 11 stores in Pennsylvania will close. ... They are: Kennett Square: 345 Scarlet Rd. Philadelphia ...
Pennsylvania is 170 miles (274 km) north to south and 283 miles (455 km) east to west. [83] Of a total 46,055 square miles (119,282 km 2), 44,817 square miles (116,075 km 2) are land, 490 square miles (1,269 km 2) are inland waters, and 749 square miles (1,940 km 2) are waters in Lake Erie. [84] It is the 33rd-largest state in the United States ...