Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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
A township, under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is the lowest level of municipal incorporation of government.All of Pennsylvania's communities outside of incorporated cities, boroughs, and one town have been incorporated into individual townships that serve as the legal entities providing local self-government functions.
This is a list of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania. 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.
This list of current cities, boroughs, townships, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania also includes information on the number and names of counties in which the place lies, and its lower and upper zip code bounds, if applicable.
Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted in red. 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]
Local municipalities can be governed by statutes, which are enacted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and are specific to the type and class of municipality; by a home rule municipality, under a home rule charter, adopted by the municipality; or by an optional form of government, adopted by the municipality. [3]
An 1836 map of Pennsylvania's counties. The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, used by the U.S. government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. FIPS codes are five-digit numbers; for Pennsylvania the codes start with 42 and are completed with the three-digit county code.
Plunketts Creek Township in Sullivan County changed its name to Hillsgrove Township in 1856. [7] Sullivan County has no former townships, and no counties have been formed from it. When formed in 1847, Sullivan County had no boroughs. The unincorporated village of Cherry Hill in Cherry Township served as the first county seat until 1850, when ...