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Parts of Lycoming County; Attached to Centre County until 1814 and to Lycoming County until 1826 for judicial and elective purposes. McKean was fully organized only in 1826. Thomas McKean, second Governor of Pennsylvania: 39,519: 984 sq mi (2,549 km 2) Mercer County: 085: Mercer: 1800: Parts of Allegheny County: Hugh Mercer, Revolutionary War ...
Altoona (/ æ l ˈ t uː n ə / al-TOO-nə) [9] is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States.The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 census. [10] It is the principal city of the Altoona metropolitan area, which includes all of Blair County and was recorded as having a population of 122,823.
In the Middle Ages, there were several different Counts of Clermont ruling different counties. For the counts of Clermont in the Île-de-France, see Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis. For the counts of Clermont-Ferrand, see List of rulers of Auvergne. For the counts of Clermont-sous-Huy, see Counts of Montaigu.
The following is a list of the sixty-seven county seats of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The list includes forty-two boroughs , twenty-four cities , and one town . The ranking is based on the populations of each county seat during the 2010 census .
Two theories abound as to the cause. The first is that Lambert married the daughter of Giselbert and obtained the title by marriage. The second is that the activities of the occupants of Clermont in 1095, Giselbert and Fredelon, who some regarded as brigandage, were perceived by these two as the legitimate levying of tolls on river traffic.
In 1959, Altoona's Chamber of Commerce proposed a similar museum. [7] By 1963, a proposal for a "Pennsyland" railroad museum led representatives of the city's Tourism Bureau to compete against the Strasburg Rail Road in Lancaster County for possession of 28 pieces of decommissioned Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock .
Llyswen Historic District is a national historic district located at Altoona in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States.The district includes 166 contributing buildings in a residential area of Altoona.
George Washington owned three parcels of land in Clermont County, whose first capital was Williamsburg, founded by William Lytle, and like Milford, was founded in 1796. A stone dairy house, constructed in 1800, is thought to be the oldest standing building in Clermont.