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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 .
County FIPS code [4] County seat [5] Established [5] Origin Etymology [6] Population [7] Area [5] Map Adams County: 001: Gettysburg: 1800: Parts of York County: John Adams, second U.S. President: 106,748: 522 sq mi (1,352 km 2) Allegheny County: 003: Pittsburgh: 1788: Parts of Washington and Westmoreland Counties
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Local municipalities can be governed by statutes, which are enacted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and are specific to the type and class of municipality; by a home rule municipality, under a home rule charter, adopted by the municipality; or by an optional form of government, adopted by the municipality. [3]
The Court voted to implement the new map by a 4–3 vote. [12] The map was designed with the assistance of Stanford University law professor Nathaniel Persily. [13] The districts in the Court's map were significantly more compact, and its map split fewer municipalities and counties than the prior Republican-drawn map. [14]
The seat of state Rep. Joe Emrick, R-Northampton, in the 137th Legislative District is also on Democrats' radar — and for an obvious reason. Democrats have a 3-point voter registration edge there.
The new Census release estimates that populations dropped across much of western and northern Pennsylvania from July 2022 to July 2023, with Erie County shrinking by 1,269 residents; or 0.5% ...
The original Chester County seat was the City of Chester, a center of naval shipbuilding, at the eastern edge of the county. In an effort to accommodate the increased population of the western part of the county, the county seat was moved to a more central location in 1788; in order to mollify the eastern portion of the county, the village ...