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Cresson is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.Cresson is 80 miles (130 km) east of Pittsburgh.It is above 2,000 feet (600 m) in elevation. Lumber, coal, and coke yards were industries that had supported the population, which numbered 1,470 in 1910.
State Correctional Institution – Cresson was a medium-security, all male correctional facility, [1] located off U.S. Route 22, about 10 miles west of Altoona along Old Route 22 in the Western part of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. On January 8, 2013 state officials announced the prison would be closed. [2]
Cressona is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.Formed in 1857 from part of North Manheim Township, it was founded by and named for John Chapman Cresson, a Philadelphia civil engineer and manager of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, president of the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad, and the chief engineer of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
Cresson Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,820 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The township surrounds the boroughs of Cresson and Sankertown but is separate from them.
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Cresson is the French word for watercress. It may refer to: Places. Battle of Cresson, a small battle fought on May 1, 1187, in what now is Israel, near Nazareth; Cresson, Kansas, a United States ghost town; Cresson, Pennsylvania, a United States borough; Cressona, Pennsylvania, a United States borough; Cresson Township, Pennsylvania, a U.S ...
R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines (reporting mark RJCP) is a railroad in the R.J. Corman Railroad Group, operating a number of lines in central Pennsylvania.It primarily carries coal between mines and Norfolk Southern Railway connections at Cresson and Keating. [1]
Sankertown is located in eastern Cambria County at (40.470113, -78.592050 It is bordered to the south by the borough of Cresson and is 8 miles (13 km) east of Ebensburg, the county seat.