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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.
Parts of Lycoming County Attached to Westmoreland County until 1806 and to Indiana County until 1830. Thomas Jefferson, third U.S. President 43,612: 657 sq mi (1,702 km 2) Juniata County: 067: Mifflintown: 1831: Parts of Mifflin County: Juniata River, itself named for the Iroquoian word Onayutta, meaning "Standing Stone" 23,243: 394 sq mi ...
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]
Pages in category "County seats in Pennsylvania" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The county is approximately 47 miles (76 km) west of Allentown, the state's third-largest city, and 97 miles (156 km) northwest of Philadelphia, the state's largest city. The county was created on March 1, 1811, from parts of Berks and Northampton counties [4] and named for the Schuylkill River, which originates in the county. On March 3, 1818 ...
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 ...
The county seat is Harrisburg, [3] Pennsylvania's state capital and ninth-most populous city. The county was created on March 4, 1785, from part of Lancaster County and was named after Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, [4] the first son of King Louis XVI. The county is part of the South Central Pennsylvania region of the state.
York County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 456,438. [1] Its county seat is York. [2] The county was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster County and named either after the Duke of York, an early patron of the Penn family, or for the city and county of York in England.