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Brockport, Pennsylvania
Brockport is an unincorporated community in Horton Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its ZIP code is 15823. Notes Unincorporated communities in Elk County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{ElkCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the nation with over 13 million residents as of 2020. It is the 33rd-largest state by area and ranks ninth among all states in population density. The southeastern Delaware Valley metropolitan area comprises and surrounds Philadelphia, the state's largest and nation's sixth most populous city. Another 2.37 million reside in Greater Pittsburgh in the southwest, centered around Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest and Western Pennsylvania's largest city. The state's su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Counties In Pennsylvania
The following is a list of the 67 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, the municipalities having been consolidated in 1854, and all remaining county government functions having been merged into the city after a 1951 referendum. Eight of the ten most populous counties are in the southeastern portion of the state, including four out of the top five, and eight of the top ten most populous counties are in either the Philadelphia or Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Areas. FIPS code The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. FIPS codes are five-digit numbers; for Pennsylvania the codes start with 42 and are completed with the three-digit county code. The FIPS code for each county in the table links to census data for the specific county. County list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elk County, Pennsylvania
Elk County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 30,990. Its county seat is Ridgway, Pennsylvania, Ridgway. The county was created on April 18, 1843, from parts of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Jefferson, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, Clearfield, and McKean County, Pennsylvania, McKean Counties, and is named for the eastern elk (''Cervus canadensis canadensis'') that historically inhabited the region. The county is notable for having one of the highest concentrations of Catholic Church, Roman Catholics in the United States, with 69% of the county's residents identifying as Catholic. Geography Elk County consists of low rolling hills, carved by frequent drainages and heavily wooded. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.6%) is water. Elk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dfb'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Township (Pennsylvania)
Under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a township is the lowest level of municipal incorporation of government. All of Pennsylvania's community, communities outside of incorporated local government in Pennsylvania#City, cities, borough (Pennsylvania), boroughs, and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania#History, one town has been incorporated into a township which serves as the legal entity providing local self-government functions. In general, townships in Pennsylvania encompass larger land areas than other Municipality, municipalities, and tend to be located in suburban, exurban, or rural parts of the commonwealth. As with other incorporated municipalities in Pennsylvania, townships exist within local government in Pennsylvania#County, counties and are subordinate to or dependent upon the county level of government. History The creation of townships within Pennsylvania dates to the seventeenth century and the colonial period. Much of the province of Pennsylvania was occupied by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horton Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania
Horton Township is a township in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,365 at the 2020 census, down from 1,452 in 2010. Geography The township is in the south-central part of Elk County, bordered to the southwest by Jefferson County and to the southeast by Clearfield County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.16%, is water. The valley of Little Toby Creek, a tributary of the Clarion River, crosses the township from east to southwest. Unincorporated communities in Horton Township include Brockport, Cartwright, Shawmut, Horton City, Drummond, Helen Mills, Challenge, Elbon, Brandy Camp, and Beech Grove. U.S. Route 219 crosses the township, leading north to Ridgway, the Elk County seat, and southwest to Brockway in Jefferson County. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,574 people, 663 households, and 450 families residing in the township. The population density ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a small portion of westernmost Brazil in South America, along with certain Caribbean and Atlantic islands. Places that use: * Eastern Standard Time (EST), when observing standard time (autumn/winter), are five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−05:00). * Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), when observing daylight saving time (spring/summer), are four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−04:00). On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT leaving a one-hour "gap". On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, thus "duplicating" one hour. Southern parts of the zone (Panama and the Caribbean) do not observe daylight saving time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 814
Area codes 814 and 582 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the northwestern and central portions of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Cities served by the area code include Altoona, Bradford, DuBois, Erie, Meadville, Oil City, Titusville, Johnstown, St. Marys, and Warren as well as the boroughs of State College, Brockway, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Mount Union, Bedford, Clarion, Punxsutawney, Tyrone, Ebensburg, Coudersport, Ridgway and Brookville. Area code 814 is the original area code assigned to the numbering plan area in 1947 and area code 582 was activated in the service area as an additional code to form an overlay plan with a starting date of October 3, 2020. History Area code 814 is one of the original North American area codes established in 1947. Its numbering plan area (NPA) is the largest in the state. It is the only one of Pennsylvania's original four NPAs that still has its original boundaries. The largest cities in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. It is a type of gazetteer. It was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names. Data were collected in two phases. Although a third phase was considered, which would have handled name changes where local usages differed from maps, it was never begun. The database is part of a system that includes topographic map names and bibliographic references. The names of books and historic maps that confirm the feature or place name are cited. Variant names, alternatives to official federal names for a feature, are also recorded. Each feature receives a per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have no unincorporated areas at all or these are very rare: typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or List of uninhabited regions, uninhabited areas. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local government in Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horton Township, Pennsylvania
Horton Township is a township in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,365 at the 2020 census, down from 1,452 in 2010. Geography The township is in the south-central part of Elk County, bordered to the southwest by Jefferson County and to the southeast by Clearfield County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.16%, is water. The valley of Little Toby Creek, a tributary of the Clarion River, crosses the township from east to southwest. Unincorporated communities in Horton Township include Brockport, Cartwright, Shawmut, Horton City, Drummond, Helen Mills, Challenge, Elbon, Brandy Camp, and Beech Grove. U.S. Route 219 crosses the township, leading north to Ridgway, the Elk County seat, and southwest to Brockway in Jefferson County. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,574 people, 663 households, and 450 families residing in the township. The population density ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
