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Callensburg Callery Calumet Cambridge Springs Camp Hill Campbelltown Canonsburg Canton Carbondale Carlisle Carmichaels Carnegie Carrolltown Cashtown Catasauqua Catawissa Cecil Centerport Centerville Central City Centre Hall Chalfont Chambersburg Charleroi Cherry Tree Chester Heights Chester Chicora Christiana Clairton Clarence Clarendon Clarion Clark Clarks Summit Clarksville Claysburg Claysville Clearfield Clifton Heights Clintonville Clymer Coaldale Coalport Coatesville Cochranton Cokeburg Collegeville Columbia Colver Commodore Confluence Conneaut Lake Conneautville Connellsville Connoquenessing Conshohocken Conway Conyngham Coopersburg Cooperstown Coplay Coraopolis Cornwall Corry Corsica Coudersport Crabtree Cranesville Creekside Cresson Cressona Croydon Curtisville Curwensville | D Daisytown Dallas Dallastown Dalton Danville Darby Darlington Dauphin Davidsville Dawson Dayton Delano Delaware Water Gap Delmont Delta Denver Derry Dickson City Dillsburg Donora Dover Doylestown Dravosburg Drexel Hill Du Bois Dublin Dunbar Duncannon Duncansville Dunlevy Duquesne Duryea Dushore E Eagleville East Berlin East Brady East Butler East Greenville East Mc Keesport East Petersburg East Pittsburgh East Prospect East Stroudsburg East Vandergrift Easton Eau Claire Ebensburg Edinboro Elco Elderton Eldred Elgin Elizabeth Elizabethtown Elizabethville Elkland Ellsworth Ellwood City Elysburg Emigsville Emlenton Emmaus Emporium Enola Enon Valley Ephrata Erie Ernest Evans City Everett Everson Export Exton F Factoryville Fairchance Fairfield Fairless Hills Fairview Falls Creek Farrell Fawn Grove Fayette City Fayetteville Feasterville Trevose Felton Ferndale Finleyville Fleetwood Flourtown Folcroft Folsom Ford City Ford Cliff Forest City Forest Grove Forestville Fort Washington Foxburg Frackville Franklin Franklintown Fredericksburg Fredericktown Fredonia Freeburg Freedom Freeland Freeport Friedens Friedensburg G Galeton Gallitzin Gap Garrett Gastonville Gettysburg Gilberton Gilbertsville Girard Glassport Glen Campbell Glen Lyon Glen Rock Glenolden Glenside Gordon Grampian Grapeville Gratz Great Bend Green Lane Greensburg Greenville Grindstone Grove City H Halifax Hallstead Hamburg Hanover Harleysville Harmonsburg Harmony Harrisburg Harrisville Hartleton Hartstown Harveys Lake Hastings Hatboro Hatfield Hawley Hawthorn Hazleton Heilwood Hellertown Herminie Hermitage Herndon Hershey Highspire Hiller Hollidaysburg Homer City Homestead Honesdale Honey Brook Hooversville Hop Bottom Hopewell Hopwood Horsham Houston Houtzdale Howard Hughesville Hummels Wharf Hummelstown Hunker Huntingdon Hyde Park Hyde Hydetown Hyndman | I Imperial J Jackson Center Jackson Jamestown Jeannette Jefferson Jenkintown Jennerstown Jermyn Jerome Jersey Shore Jessup Jim Thorpe Johnsonburg Johnstown Jonestown K Kane King Of Prussia Kingston Kittanning Knox Knoxville Koppel Kreamer Kulpmont Kulpsville Kutztown L Laceyville Lake City Lancaster Lanesboro Langhorne Lansdale Lansdowne Lansford Laporte Latrobe Lavelle Lawrenceville Lawton Le Raysville Lebanon Leechburg Leesport Leetsdale Lehighton Lemont Lemoyne Levittown Lewis Run Lewisberry Lewisburg Lewistown Liberty Light Street Ligonier Lilly Linesville Lionville Lititz Little Meadows Littlestown Liverpool Lock Haven Loganton Loganville Loretto Lucernemines Luzerne Lykens Lyon Station M Macungie Madison Mahaffey Mahanoy City Malvern Manchester Manheim Manns Choice Manor Mansfield Mapleton Depot Marcus Hook Marianna Marietta Marion Center Marion Heights Markleysburg Mars Martin Martinsburg Marysville Masontown Matamoras Maytown Mc Alisterville Mc Clure Mc Connellsburg Mc Donald Mc Ewensville Mc Kean Mc Kees Rocks Mc Keesport Mc Sherrystown Mc Veytown Meadville Mechanicsburg Mechanicsville Media Mercer Mercersburg Meshoppen Mexico Meyersdale Middleburg Middleport Middletown Midland Midway Mifflin Mifflinburg Mifflintown Mifflinville Milesburg Milford Mill Creek Mill Hall Mill Village Millersburg Millerstown Millersville Millheim Millville Milroy Milton Minersville Modena Mohnton Monaca Monessen Monongahela Monroeville Mont Alto Montgomery Montgomeryville Montoursville Montrose Moosic Morrisville Morton Moscow Mount Carmel Mount Gretna Mount Holly Springs Mount Jewett Mount Joy Mount Pleasant Mills Mount Pleasant Mount Pocono Mount Union Mount Wolf Mountainhome Mountville Muncy Myerstown N Nanticoke Nanty Glo Narberth Nazareth Nemacolin Nescopeck Nesquehoning | New Albany New Alexandria New Berlin New Bethlehem New Brighton New Castle New Columbia New Cumberland New Eagle New Florence New Freedom New Galilee New Holland New Hope New Kensington New Kingstown New Milford New Oxford New Paris New Philadelphia New Ringgold New Salem New Stanton New Wilmington Newburg Newell Newmanstown Newport Newry Newton Hamilton Newtown Newville Nicholson Norristown North Apollo North East North Versailles North Wales Northampton Northern Cambria Northumberland Norwood Numidia Nuremberg O Oakdale Oakmont Oil City Old Forge Oliver Olyphant Oneida Orangeville Orbisonia Oreland Orrstown Orwigsburg Osceola Mills Oxford P Palmerton Palmyra Paoli Paradise Parker Parkesburg Parryville Patton Paxtonville Pen Argyl Penn Penns Creek Pennsburg Perkasie Perryopolis Petersburg Petrolia Philadelphia Philipsburg Phoenixville Picture Rocks Pillow Pine Grove Mills Pine Grove Pitcairn Pittsburgh Pittston Plainfield Pleasantville Plumville Plymouth Meeting Plymouth Pocono Pines Point Marion Polk Port Allegany Port Clinton Port Matilda Port Royal Port Trevorton Portage Portersville Portland Potts Grove Pottstown Pottsville Prompton Prospect Park Prospect Punxsutawney Q Quakertown Quarryville Quentin R Railroad Ramey Ravine Reading Reamstown Rebersburg Red Hill Red Lion Reedsville Renovo Republic Reynoldsville Rheems Rices Landing Richboro Richfield Richland Richlandtown Ridgway Ridley Park Riegelsville Rimersburg Ringtown Riverside Roaring Spring Robesonia Robinson Rochester Rockhill Furnace Rockwood Rome Roscoe Rossiter Rouseville Rouzerville Royersford Rural Valley Russellton S Saint Clair Saint Marys Saint Michael Saint Petersburg Salisbury Saltillo Saltsburg Sandy Lake Sandy Ridge Saxonburg Sayre Schaefferstown Schellsburg Schnecksville Schuylkill Haven Schwenksville Scottdale Scranton Selinsgrove Sellersville Seltzer Seneca Seven Valleys Seward | Sewickley Shamokin Dam Shamokin Shanksville Sharon Hill Sharon Sharpsville Sheffield Shenandoah Sheppton Shickshinny Shippenville Shippingport Shoemakersville Silverdale Skippack Slatington Slickville Sligo Slippery Rock Smethport Smithfield Smithton Snow Shoe Snydertown Somerset Souderton South Fork South Heights South Park Southwest Spartansburg Spring City Spring Grove Spring House Spring Mills Spring Mount Springboro Springdale Springfield Starrucca State College Stewartstown Stockdale Stockertown Stoneboro Stoystown Strasburg Strattanville Strausstown Stroudsburg Sturgeon Sugar Grove Summerhill Summerville Summit Hill Summit Station Sunbury Susquehanna Sutersville Swarthmore Sykesville T Tamaqua Tarentum Tatamy Taylor Telford Terre Hill Thompson Thompsontown Three Springs Tidioute Tioga Tionesta Tipton Titusville Topton Toughkenamon Towanda Tower City Townville Trafford Tremont Tresckow Trevorton Troutville Troy Trumbauersville Tunkhannock Turbotville Turtle Creek Tuscarora Tyrone U Ulysses Union City Union Dale Uniontown Ursina Utica V Valencia Valley View Vanderbilt Vandergrift Venango Verona Vintondale W Wallaceton Walnutport Wampum Warminster Warren Washington Washingtonville Waterford Watsontown Wattsburg Waymart Wayne Waynesboro Waynesburg Weatherly Wellsboro Wellsville Wernersville West Alexander West Chester West Elizabeth West Grove West Middlesex West Mifflin West Newton Westfield Westover Wheatland White Haven White Whitehall Wilkes Barre Williamsburg Williamsport Williamstown Willow Grove Willow Street Wilmerding Wilmore Wind Gap Windber Windsor Womelsdorf Wood Woodbury Woodland Woodlyn Worthington Wrightsville Wyalusing Wyncote Wyoming Y Yeagertown York Haven York Springs York Youngstown Youngsville Youngwood Z Zelienople Zion Grove  | ||||||
Interesting Facts ~ Pennsylvania is the 5th most populous and the 33rd most extensive of the 50 states ~ ~The state attained statehood on December 12, 1787, becoming the 2nd state to join the union ~ ~ One of the original 13 colonies, founded in 1681 by William Penn ~ ~ Centralia mine fire began in 1962 and still burns underground today ~ ~ Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the USA Constitution ~ ~ Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863 ~ ~ Pittsburgh is where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers join to form the Ohio River ~ ~ USA Constitution was debated and signed in Philadelphia in 1787 ~ ~ King of Prussia Mall is one of the largest shopping malls in the USA ~ ~ Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County honors the events of September 11, 2001 ~ ~ Appalachian Mountains run diagonally across Pennsylvania from southwest to northeast ~ ~ KDKA in Pittsburgh began broadcasting in 1920, is often called first commercial radio station ~ ~ Allegheny National Forest is the state’s only national forest ~ ~ Port of Erie gives the state an entrance to the Great Lakes via Lake Erie ~ ~ ENIAC, one of the earliest electronic computers, was first used in Philadelphia ~ ~ Heavily forested, with over half its land covered by trees ~ ~ Delaware River forms most of the eastern border with New Jersey ~ ~ First commercial oil well in the USA was drilled near Titusville in 1859 ~ ~ Pittsburgh is nicknamed the Steel City because of its historic steel industry ~ ~ State highest point is Mount Davis at 3,213 feet (979 meters)~ ~ State lowest point is sea level along the Delaware River ~ ~ State flag has the coat of arms on a dark blue field ~ ~ State calls itself a “commonwealth,” a term shared with three other USA states ~ ~ State’s official motto is “Virtue, Liberty, and Independence” ~ ~ State nickname is the Keystone State, pointing to its central role among the colonies ~ ~ State capital is Harrisburg since 1812 ~ State has 67 counties ~ ~ State animal is the white tailed deer ~ State has more than 120 state parks ~ ~ State fish is the brook trout ~ State insect is the Pennsylvania firefly ~ ~ State produces a large share of U.S. mushrooms, especially in Chester County ~ ~ State bird is the ruffed grouse ~ State tree is the eastern hemlock ~ ~ Philadelphia served as the nation’s capital from 1790 to 1800 ~ ~ Liberty Bell in Philadelphia became an enduring symbol of American independence ~ ~ A top USA producer of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale ~ ~ Little League Baseball began in Williamsport in 1939 ~ ~ Black bears are native and spread across the state’s forests ~ ~ Bald eagles have rebounded and now nest along many Pennsylvania waterways ~ ~~~~~~~~ |
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