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Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania ( / ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪniə / ⓘ PEN-sil-VAY-nee-ə, lit. 'Penn's forest country' ), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania[ b] ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsylvanie ), [ 7] is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
Pennsylvania is 180 miles (290 km) north to south and 310 miles (500 km) east to west. The total land area is 44,817 square miles (116,080 km 2 )—739,200 acres (2,991 km 2) of which are bodies of water. It is the 33rd largest state in the United States. The state's highest point is 3,213 feet (979 m) above sea level at Mount Davis.
History of Pennsylvania. The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied ...
436 Grant Street. 40°26′18″N 79°59′46″W. / 40.4384°N 79.9961°W / 40.4384; -79.9961 ( Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail) Allegheny. Spectacular jail and courthouse designed by architect Henry Hobson Richardson in a Romanesque style. 4. Allegheny Portage Railroad of the Pennsylvania Canal.
Pennsylvania lies west of the Delaware River in the Mid-Atlantic United States. King Charles II of England granted William Penn a charter for a Colony of Pennsylvania in 1681. Philadelphia , the capital of the colony, soon rose to become the most populous city of British America .
Website. www .erie .pa .us. Erie ( / ˈɪəri /; EER-ee) is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in Pennsylvania and the most populous in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 at the 2020 census. [ 3][ 4] The Erie metropolitan ...
Pennsylvania. ( 2020) Allegheny County ( / ˌælɪˈɡeɪni / AL-ig-AY-nee) is a county in Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,250,578, making it the state's second-most populous county, after Philadelphia County. Its county seat and most populous city is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's second most populous city ...
Pennsylvania 's physiographic provinces. The Coal Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania has abundant anthracite coal, a high-value energy source. The Geology of Pennsylvania consists of six distinct physiographic provinces, three of which are subdivided into different sections. Each province has its own economic advantages and geologic hazards ...