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List of
Counties
List of Towns
Points of
Interest
Admission to Union: December 12, 1787 (2nd)
Highest point: Mount Davis, Somerset County; 3,213 ft
Lowest point: Delaware River 0 ft
In 1681, King Charles II of England granted Quaker William Penn a charter for the Pennsylvania Colony.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia in 1776.
Pennsylvania has been known as the Keystone State since
1802, based in part upon its central location among the original
Thirteen Colonies forming the United States.
Pennsylvania has 51 miles of coastline along Lake Erie and 57 miles of shoreline along the Delaware Estuary.
There are 134 public-use airports and 6 international airports
Pennsylvania the snack food capital of the world
Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark in Altoona
Williamsport is the Home of Little League Baseball
Christmas Tree Capital of the World: Indiana County
Leader in scrapple production
Pennsylvania is the first state to list their web site URL on a license plate
Hershey is considered the Chocolate Capital of the United States.
Philadelphia is home to the Cheese Steak Sandwich
The town of Franklin became a center for worldwide oil
production following Colonel Edwin Drake's discovery of oil in nearby
Titusville.
The first-ever nuclear accident in the United States took place at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island near Harrisburg in 1979.
Pennsylvania borders New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and Ohio
In 1913 the first automobile service station opened in Pittsburgh.
Punxsutawney Phil and his Groundhog Day prediction
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