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Pennsylvania Counties
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Pennsylvania Counties
There are sixty-seven counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States of
America. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, and governmental functions have been
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Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Armstrong County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Kittanning
Year Organized: 1800
Square Miles: 654 |
Court House: 450 East Market Street
County Courthouse
Kittanning, PA 16201-1461
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for John Armstrong (October 13, 1717 – March 9, 1795), an American civil engineer and soldier who served as
a major general in the Revolutionary War. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Pennsylvania.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Created on March 12, 1800, from parts
of Allegheny, Westmoreland, and Lycoming Counties and was named for General John
Armstrong. It was attached to Westmoreland County until 1805. Kittanning, the
county seat was incorporated as a borough on April 2, 1821, and derived its name
from a Delaware Indian village at the same place.
The area saw much fighting between settlers and Indians in the French and Indian
War and Revolutionary War. John Armstrong's attack on the Indian village of
Kittanning in 1756 proved that the Indians were not invincible. The territory
was purchased from the Indians by the two Treaties of Fort Stanwix, 1768 (known
as the New Purchase) and 1784 (known as the Last Purchase). The State's third
ranked bituminous coal producing county, Armstrong also has produced glass,
clay, brick, and quarried stone. Most of the coal mines are subsurface. A brief
oil boom occurred after 1865, and natural gas was produced long afterwards.
Steel production was once important, but declined by the 1930s. Armstrong's
farming is strong in livestock and has a valuable mushroom crop. Thirty percent
of the land is farmed.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 664 square miles (1,721 kmē), of which, 654
square miles (1,694 kmē) of it is land and 11 square miles (27 kmē) of it (1.58%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Clarion County (north)
- Jefferson County (northeast)
- Indiana County (east)
- Westmoreland County (south)
- Allegheny County (southwest)
- Butler County (west)
- Venango County(northwest)
Cities and Towns:
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- Applewold |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Atwood |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Boggs |
township |
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- Bradys Bend |
township |
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- Burrell |
township |
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- Cadogan |
township |
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- Cowanshannock |
township |
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- Dayton |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- East Franklin |
township |
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- Elderton |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ford City |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ford Cliff |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Freeport |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gilpin |
township |
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- Hovey |
township |
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- Kiskiminetas |
township |
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- Kittanning
(County
Seat) |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Leechburg |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Manorville |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Apollo |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Buffalo |
township |
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- Parker |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Parks |
township |
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- Pine |
township |
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- Plumcreek |
township |
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- Rayburn |
township |
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- Redbank |
township |
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- Rural Valley |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Shelocta |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- South Bend |
township |
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- South Bethlehem |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- South Buffalo |
township |
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- West Franklin |
township |
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- West Kittanning |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- West Leechburg |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Worthington |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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