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Erie County was established on March 12, 1800, from part of Allegheny County, which absorbed the lands of the disputed Erie Triangle in 1792. Prior to 1792, the region was claimed by both New York and Pennsylvania and so no county demarcations were made until the federal government intervened.
The General Assembly of Pennsylvania commissioned the surveying of land near Presque Isle through an act passed on 18 April 1795. Andrew Ellicott, who famously completed Pierre Charles L'Enfant's survey of Washington, D.C., and helped resolve the boundary between Pennsylvania and New York, arrived to begin the survey in June 1795.
Location of Erie County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Erie County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
Pennsylvania had begun to outlaw slavery before Erie's first permanent settlers arrived in the 1790s. A March 1, 1780, law abolished slavery in the state, but only gradually. People already ...
Erie (/ ˈ ɪər i /; 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.
Location of Erie County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Erie County. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers in Erie County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the ...
The Erie Triangle is a roughly 300-square-mile (780-square-kilometre) tract of land that was the subject of several competing colonial-era claims.It was eventually acquired by the U.S. federal government and sold to Pennsylvania so that the state would have access to a freshwater port on Lake Erie.
Erie County, Pa. has spent roughly $41 million in ARPA funds. Where did the funds go? ... Erie County Historical Society: $111,111. Erie Arts and Culture: $111,111. Flagship Niagara League ...