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Most municipalities in Pennsylvania must follow state law except where the state has expressly given jurisdiction to the municipality, and are therefore subject to the Third Class City Code, the Borough Code, the First Class Township Code, the Second Class Township Code, or other acts for sui generis municipalities.
There are six types of local governments listed in the Pennsylvania Constitution: county, township, borough, town, city, and school district. [ 1][ 2] All of Pennsylvania is included in one of the state's 67 counties, which are in total subdivided into 2,560 municipalities. There are currently no independent cities or unincorporated territories ...
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 ] Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties and contains 2,560 municipalities. Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated ...
There are currently 956 municipalities classified as boroughs and one classified as a town in Pennsylvania. 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 ...
The wealthiest regions of Pennsylvania are the suburban counties bordering Philadelphia, the state's most populous city. As of 2020, the wealthiest county in Pennsylvania is Chester County with a $104,161 median household income followed by Montgomery County ($93,518) and Bucks County ($93,181). While there are wealthy locations in the suburbs ...
The following is a list of the 67 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, the municipalities having been consolidated in 1854, and all remaining county government functions having been merged into the city after a 1951 referendum. [ 1][ 2] Eight of the ten most populous ...
42-045-79000. Website. www .upperdarby .org. Upper Darby Township, often shortened to Upper Darby, is a home rule township [ 3] in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township had a total population of 85,681, making it the state's sixth-most populated municipality after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown ...
In the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a home rule municipality is one incorporated under its own unique charter, created pursuant to the state's home rule and optional plans law and approved by referendum. [ 1] ". Local governments without home rule can only act where specifically authorized by state law; home rule municipalities can act ...