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

State of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania state seal

About Pennsylvania

Capital: Harrisburg
Largest city: Philadelphia

The ten most populated cities in Pennsylvania:

1. Philadelphia
2. Pittsburgh
3. Allentown
4. Erie
5. Reading
6. Scranton
7. Bethlehem
8. Lancaster
9. Altoona
10. Harrisburg

Pennsylvania means "Penn's Woods"