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Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Johnstown is the largest city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. [9] The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 census. [5] Located 57 miles (92 km) east of Pittsburgh, it is the principal city of the Johnstown metropolitan area, which is located in Cambria County and had 133,472 residents in 2020.
1889 view of Johnstown, Pennsylvania several months after the Great Flood The Johnstown Flood was the worst flood to hit the U.S. in the 19th century, and to date, the worst to strike Pennsylvania. [ 27 ] 1,600 homes were destroyed, $17 million in property damage levied (approx. $550 million in 2022), and 4 square miles (10 km 2 ) of downtown ...
92000941 [1] Added to NRHP. August 7, 1992. Downtown Johnstown Historic District is a national historic district located at Johnstown in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 109 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Johnstown.
Jul. 6—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Approximately 120 years ago, 112 miners walked into the Rolling Mill Mine portal on the morning of July 10, 1902, but none returned home that day.
Aerial view of the flood. The Johnstown flood of 1977 was a major flood which began on the night of July 19, 1977, when heavy rainfall caused widespread flash flooding in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, including the city of Johnstown and the Conemaugh Valley. On July 19, a deluge of rain hit the Johnstown area during the night.
The Johnstown Flood National Memorial is a unit of the United States National Park Service. [2] [3] Established in 1964 [4] through legislation signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, [5] [6] it pays tribute to the thousands of victims of the Johnstown Flood, who were injured or killed on May 31, 1889 when the South Fork Dam ruptured.
The Johnstown Flood Museum is a history museum located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, dedicated to the Johnstown Flood of 1889. The museum is housed in the former Cambria Public Library, which is part of the Downtown Johnstown Historic District. [1] The Johnstown Flood Museum chronicles the events of the flood through exhibits and media.
95001253 [1] Added to NRHP. November 7, 1995. The Old Conemaugh Borough Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Johnstown in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [1]