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The town around Wall Station was incorporated in 1904 as Wall Borough. The borough grew rapidly during the first half of the twentieth century because a freight depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad was located at Wall. The population and economic vitality of the borough declined during the second half of the twentieth century as the railroad ...
Antonios or Antónios is a Greek masculine given name that is a variant of Antonis, [1] as well as a surname. Notable people with this name include the following: Notable people with this name include the following:
The U.S. state of Pennsylvania is divided into 1,546 townships, located in 66 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. For listings of townships in individual counties, see the category Townships in Pennsylvania by county
Scots-Irish, Pennsylvania Dutch, Polish, [3] Ukrainian [4] and Croatian [5] immigrants to the area all provided certain loanwords to the dialect (see "Vocabulary" below). Many of the sounds and words found in the dialect are popularly thought to be unique to Pittsburgh, but that is a misconception since the dialect resides throughout the greater part of western Pennsylvania and the surrounding ...
Pennsylvania's history of human habitation extends to thousands of years before the foundation of the Province of Pennsylvania. Archaeologists generally believe that the first settlement of the Americas occurred at least 15,000 years ago during the last glacial period , though it is unclear when humans first entered present-day Pennsylvania.
Named for Hannah Callowhill Penn, William Penn's second wife and acting proprietor of the Colony of Pennsylvania from 1712 to 1726. Cheltenham Avenue: Follows the border between Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County and Philadelphia County. Cherry Street: One of William Penn's streets named for trees, this one was named for the cherry tree.
Anthony Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name.
Ercildoun, population about 100, is an unincorporated community in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The hamlet was founded by Quakers and was an early center of the abolitionist movement.