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Cambria was a Welsh-American farming colony in Pennsylvania, founded during the 1790s by 50 immigrants from the village of Llanbrynmair on land purchased by Baptist minister Morgan John Rhys. [1] The settlement was given a Latin name meaning "Wales". According to Marcus Tanner, Cambria is the first such Welsh-speaking community in the United ...
In the late 18th century, a Welsh colony named Cambria was established by Morgan John Rhys in what is now Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Later, between 1856 and 1867, there was an attempt by Samuel Roberts to establish a Welsh colony at Brynffynnon, Tennessee.
In the aftermath of the tragic 2021 collapse of a building in the town of Surfside, Nicolas says, Miami passed a new requirement that buildings at least 40 years old must be recertified for ...
Cambria Township is located in the center of Cambria County at 40.515887,-78.744507, [4] 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Johnstown and 25 miles (40 km) west of Altoona. U.S. Route 22 crosses the township from east to west, U.S. Route 219 crosses it from north to south, and U.S. Route 422 leads west from Ebensburg across the western portion of the township.
His vision was to establish a "gwladfa" (Welsh-speaking colony) for nonconformist sects of the time, such as Quakers and Baptists, where religion could be practiced in Welsh. [4] In order to do this Rhys founded the Cambrian Company and purchased 17,400 acres (70 km 2 ) of land, 250 miles (400 km) west of Philadelphia from Dr. Benjamin Rush for ...
Cambria County Commissioners (Pennsylvania) (1 P) Pages in category "Government of Cambria County, Pennsylvania" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Cambria Iron Company, Johnstown, 1987 . Cambria County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 133,472. [2] Its county seat is Ebensburg. [3] The county was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset counties and later organized in 1807. [4]