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List Of County Seats In Pennsylvania (by Population)
The following is a list of the sixty-seven county seats of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The list includes forty-two boroughs, twenty-four cities, and one town. The ranking is based on the populations of each county seat during the 2010 census. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - !Rank !Photo !Seat name !Population (2010 census) !County !Municipal type , - style="background-color:#FFFACD;" , 1 , , Philadelphia , 1,526,006 , Philadelphia , City , - style="background-color:#FFFACD;" , 2 , , Pittsburgh , 305,704 , Allegheny , City , - style="background-color:#FFFACD;" , 3 , , Allentown , 118,032 , Lehigh , City , - style="background-color:#FFFACD;" , 4 , , Erie , 101,786 , Erie , City , - style="background-color:#FFFACD;" , 5 , , Reading , 88,082 , Berks , City , - style="background-color:#FFFACD;" , 6 , , Scranton , 76,089 , Lackawanna , City , - style="background-color:#FFFACD;" , 7 , , Lancaster , 59,322 , Lancaster , City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US state of Vermont and in some other English-speaking jurisdictions. County towns have a similar function in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, as well as historically in Jamaica. Function In most of the United States, counties are the political subdivisions of a state. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government is known as the seat of its respective county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in the county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
