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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.
Emmaus (/ ɛ ˈ m eɪ. ə s / em-AY-əs) is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census , it had a population of 11,652. [ 3 ] Emmaus is located in the Lehigh Valley , the third-largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania and 68th-largest metropolitan area in the nation.
Most municipalities in Pennsylvania must follow state law except where the state has expressly given jurisdiction to the municipality, and are therefore subject to the Third Class City Code, the Borough Code, the First Class Township Code, the Second Class Township Code, or other acts for sui generis municipalities.
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]
City/Town/etc. Municipal type Population (2020 Census) 1 † Allentown: City 125,845 2 Bethlehem (mostly in Northampton County) City 74,982 4 Emmaus: Borough 11,652 5 Ancient Oaks: CDP 6,995 6 Catasauqua: Borough 6,518 7 Wescosville: CDP 6,039 8 Fountain Hill: Borough 4,878 9 Dorneyville: CDP 4,406 10 Slatington: Borough 4,232 11 Breinigsville ...
The first borough to be incorporated in Pennsylvania was Germantown in 1690. [10] That borough ceased to exist when all of Philadelphia's municipalities were consolidated in 1854. The borough of Chester Heights has a unique distinction of incorporating into a borough out of Aston Township by a tax revolt. [11]
The main article for this category is Borough (Pennsylvania) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boroughs in Pennsylvania; See also categories Cities in Pennsylvania, Home Rule Municipalities in Pennsylvania, Townships in Pennsylvania, Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania counties
The U.S. state of Pennsylvania is divided into 1,546 townships, located in 66 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. For listings of townships in individual counties, see the category Townships in Pennsylvania by county