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Pennsylvania
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City,
County and State Information
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Capital City: Harrisburg
Admission to Statehood: December 12, 1787
Ancestry and Genealogy: Pennsylvania
Databases
Area: 46058 sq.mi, 33rd Land 44820 sq. mi., 32nd Water
1239 sq.mi., 28th Great Lakes 749 sq.mi., 7th
Bird: Ruffed Grouse
Border States: Delaware | Maryland | New Jersey | New
York | Ohio | West Virginia
Cam World: Live
Web Cams
Climate: Pennsylvania
Constitution: 2nd State
County Profile: County
Map - 67 Counties
Courts: Judicial System
Current Events: Pennsylvania
News Headlines
Department of: Education
Driving: DMV
Economy:
Agriculture: Dairy products, poultry, cattle,
nursery stock, mushrooms, hogs, hay.
Industry: Food processing, chemical products,
machinery, electric equipment, tourism.
Flag: Pennsylvania's State Flag is composed of a blue
field on which is embroidered the State Coat of Arms.
The first State Flag bearing the State Coat of Arms was
authorized by the General Assembly in 1799.
An act of the General Assembly of June 13, 1907, standardized
the flag and required that the blue field match the blue
of Old Glory.
Flower: Mountain Laurel Kalmia latiflolia
Genealogical Resources: Cyndi's
List | Historical
Societies
Governor: Office
of Governor
Highest Point: 3,213 feet, 33rd Mt.
Davis
Highway Markers: Pennsylvania
| Resource Manual
History: Historical
Largest Cities: Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | Allentown
| Erie | Upper Darby Twp | Reading | Scranton | Bethlehem
Lower Merion Twp Lancaster Library: Pennsylvania
License Plates: Pennsylvania
Lowest Point: Delaware River, Sea level
Maps: Rand
McNally
Media: Radio
| TV
Motto: Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
Museums: The
Virtual Library
National Forest: Pennsylvania
Nickname: Keystone State
Origin of state's name: Named in honor of Admiral William
Penn, father of the state's founder, William Penn
Permanent Residents: Find A Grave
Population: Quick
Facts | Census
President: James
Buchanan, 15th US President 1857-1861 - Born: April
23, 1791, Cove Gap Pennsylvania
Representatives:
US House:
Member
Information
US
Senate
Pennsylvania House: Members
Pennsylvania Senate: Members
Road Side America: Pennsylvania
State Parks: Pennsylvania
State Coinage: Pennsylvania
Symbols: PA
History
Topography: Pennsylvania
Tree: Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis
Veteran Affairs: Pennsylvania VA | Military Links
Vital Records: Pennsylvania
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