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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.
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] Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties and contains 2,560 municipalities.
The United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania currently has 48 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 12 combined statistical areas, 16 metropolitan statistical areas, and 20 micropolitan statistical areas in Pennsylvania. [1]
Smallest counties by land area in the 50 states and District of Columbia (including county-equivalents) Rank County Land area (sq mi) Land area (km 2) 1 Independent City of Falls Church, Virginia: 2.1 5.4 2 Independent City of Lexington, Virginia: 2.5 6.5 3 Independent City of Manassas Park, Virginia: 2.5 6.5 4 Independent City of Covington ...
Pennsylvania is one of 13 original colonies that share a border with Canada. 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 Pennsylvania General Assembly met in the old Dauphin County Court House until December 1821 [58] when the Federal-style Hills Capitol, named for Lancaster architect Stephen Hills, was constructed on a hilltop land grant of four acres set aside for a seat of state government in Harrisburg by the son and namesake of John Harris, Sr., a ...
Counties constituting the Allegheny National Forest Region of Pennsylvania. The Allegheny National Forest is a National Forest located in northwestern Pennsylvania. The forest covers over 500,000 acres (2,000 km 2) of land. Consisting of the following counties: Forest; Elk; Warren; McKean
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