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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
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]
Unlike other forms of municipalities in Pennsylvania, boroughs and towns are not classified according to population. Boroughs designated in the table below with a dagger (†) are home rule municipalities and are also found in the List of Pennsylvania municipalities and counties with home rule charters, optional charters, or optional plans. The ...
A township, under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is the lowest level of municipal incorporation of government. All of Pennsylvania's communities outside of incorporated cities , boroughs , and one town have been incorporated into individual townships that serve as the legal entities providing local self-government functions.
Philadelphia County is unique in Pennsylvania in that it is a consolidated city-county, and so while the county is technically not governed by a home rule charter (and is therefore not included on the list), the fact that Philadelphia City (which constitutes the same land area as and administers all the governmental affairs of Philadelphia ...
When Sullivan County was formed in 1847, both Shrewsbury and Plunketts Creek Townships were split, with each county having a township of that name. Plunketts Creek Township in Sullivan County changed its name to Hillsgrove Township in 1856. [7] Sullivan County has no former townships, and no counties have been formed from it.
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.
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