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Mercer County, PennsylvaniaMercer County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed for General Hugh Mercer. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryIt was created on March 12, 1800,
from part of Allegheny County and named for General Hugh Mercer. It was attached
to Crawford County until February 1804 when it was formally organized. Mercer,
the county seat, was laid out in 1803 and incorporated as a borough on March 28,
1814. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 683 square miles (1,768 kmē), of which, 672
square miles (1,740 kmē) of it is land and 11 square miles (28 kmē) of it (1.58%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
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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
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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." |