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History [9] [11] Etymology [11] Population [12] Area [10] Map Kent County: 001: Dover: 1680: Created from Whorekill (Hoarkill) District. Formerly known as St. Jones County. Named in 1682 by William Penn for the English county of Kent. 189,789: 800 sq mi (2,072 km 2) New Castle County: 003: Wilmington: 1664: Original County (Formally New Amstel)
History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (1 C, 9 P) M. History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (3 C, 12 P) N. History of Northampton County, Pennsylvania (4 C, 7 P)
History of Pennsylvania by county (26 C, 1 P) ... Pages in category "Pennsylvania counties" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.
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Fulton County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,556, [1] making it the fourth-least populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is McConnellsburg. [2] The county was created on April 19, 1850, [3] from a part of Bedford County and named after inventor Robert Fulton. [4]
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.
History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: With biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men (Closson Press, 1883) online; Henderson, Rodger C. "Demographic patterns and family structure in eighteenth-century Lancaster County, Pennsylvania." Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 114.3 (1990): 349-383. online
Union County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,681. [1] Its county seat is Lewisburg. [2] The county was created on March 22, 1813, from part of Northumberland County.