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Joanna, Pennsylvania
Joanna is an unincorporated community in southern Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. Joanna sits in southern Robeson Township, near the borough of New Morgan, and is also near Caernarvon Township and near the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The Twin Valley School District serves Joanna; the high school is located close to the village. History The community was named after the nearby Joanna blast furnace A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper. ''Blast'' refers to the combustion air being "forced" or supplied above atmospheric .... The old furnace is preserved as Joanna Furnace Historic Site. A post office called Joanna Furnace was established in 1830, was renamed Joanna in 1890, and the post office was discontinued in 1964. References Unincorporated communities in Berks County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna General Store, BerksCo PA
Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from he, יוֹחָנָה, translit=Yôḥānāh, lit=God is gracious. Variants in English include Joan (given name), Joan, Joann, Joanne (given name), Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan (name), Jan, Jane (given name), Jane, Janet (given name), Janet, Janice (given name), Janice, Jean (female given name), Jean, and Jeanne (given name), Jeanne. The earliest recorded occurrence of the name Joanna, in Gospel of Luke#Attention to women, Luke 8:3, refers to the disciple "Saint Joanna, Joanna the wife of Chuza," who was an associate of Mary Magdalene. Her name as given is Greek in form, although it ultimately originated from the Hebrew masculine name יְהוֹחָנָן ''Yəhôḥānān'' or יוֹחָנָן ''Yôḥānān'' meaning 'God is gracious'. In Greek this name became Ιωαννης ''Iōannēs'', from which ''Iōanna'' was derived by giving it a feminine ending. The name Joanna, like Yehohanan, was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |