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Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania
Lower Turkeyfoot Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 543 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Turkeyfoot Township was formed from part of Brothersvalley Township in 1773, when both were still part of a larger Bedford County; Somerset County was not formed from the western portion of Bedford County until 1795. Just as new counties were split off from earlier counties, new townships were split off from earlier townships, and the townships of Upper Turkeyfoot & Lower Turkeyfoot took their current shapes in 1848. White settlers arrived in the Turkeyfoot area by the late 1760s, and a group of about 15-20 Baptist families came to the area from New Jersey around 1774. The Lower Humbert Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Lower Turkeyfoot Township has a total area of 36.3 ... [...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] |
Lower Humbert Bridge
The Lower Humbert Covered Bridge, or the Faidley Covered Bridge, is an Burr Arch truss covered bridge that crosses Laurel Hill Creek, in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was built in 1891 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1980. It is one of the ten remaining covered bridges in Somerset County. History The covered bridge was built in 1891. It was rebuilt in 1991, with extensive reinforcement work done on the abutments An abutment is the substructure at the ends of a bridge span or dam supporting its superstructure. Single-span bridges have abutments at each end which provide vertical and lateral support for the span, as well as acting as retaining walls .... A homemade explosive device caused minor damage to bridge deck in January 2006. See also * List of covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania * National Register of Historic Places listings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in turn, defines the census of agriculture as "a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middlecreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Middlecreek Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 831 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Elias Stahl began a store in the area that became Middlecreek Township about 1840. The township was organized in 1853. Philip King built the first gristmill and first sawmill about 1880. The Miller's Store, Laurel Hill RDA, King's Bridge, and Barronvale Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 33.6 square miles (87.0 km2), of which 33.5 square miles (86.8 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2) (0.24%) is water. Middlecreek Township is bordered by Jefferson Township to the northeast, Milford Township to the east, Upper Turkeyfoot Township to the south, and Fayette County to the west. Both Pennsylvania Route 281 and Pennsyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 281
Pennsylvania Route 281 (PA 281) is a state highway located in Fayette and Somerset counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is the West Virginia state line near Markleysburg, where the road becomes West Virginia Route 26 (WV 26). The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in Stoystown. Route description PA 281 begins at the West Virginia border in Henry Clay Township, Fayette County, where the road continues into that state as WV 26. From the state line, the route heads northeast on the township maintained, two-lane undivided Bruceton Road, heading through wooded areas with some fields and homes. PA 281 curves to the east and crosses into the borough of Markleysburg, where state maintenance begins and it heads into residential areas. PA 281 turns north-northeast onto Main Street where it passes more homes before heading back into Henry Clay Township and continues through woodland with a few small fields and residences. The route comes to an intersectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania State Game Lands
The Pennsylvania State Game Lands (SGL) are lands managed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) for hunting, trapping, and fishing. These lands, often not usable for farming or development, are donated to the PGC or purchased by the PGC with hunting license monies. The Pennsylvania Game Commission runs a monthly publication called the ''Pennsylvania Game News''. This publication features financial and legislative updates from the PGC, stories, and monthly Field Notes submitted by the Wildlife Conservation Officers of the Pennsylvania Game Commission. History Wild game animals have been hunted for thousands of years in what is now Pennsylvania, first by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, later by Europeans. By 1890 game had practically disappeared from Pennsylvania. That year, John M. Phillips and other sportsmen, recognizing the scarcity of game, formed the Pennsylvania Sportsmen's Association so that they could press the state government for protection of wildlife. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youghiogheny River
The Youghiogheny River , or the Yough (pronounced Yok ) for short, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Monongahela River in the U.S. states of West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. It drains an area on the west side of the Allegheny Mountains northward into Pennsylvania, providing a small watershed in extreme western Maryland into the tributaries of the Mississippi River. Youghiogheny is a Lenape word meaning "a stream flowing in a contrary direction". Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: * Gawgawgamie, Ohio Gani River, Roonanetto, Yanghyanghgain, Yaughvaughani, Yauyougaine River, Yawyawganey, Yawyougaine River, Yeoyogani, Yochio Geni, Yoghioghenny River, Yogyogany River, Yohioganey, Yohogany, Youghiogeny River, Youghogania, Youghyaughye, Youghyoghgyina River, Yoxhio geni River, Yoxhiogany, Yoxh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casselman River
The Casselman River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Youghiogheny River in western Maryland and Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. The Casselman River drains an area of 576 square miles. The river has been used for transportation across the Allegheny Mountains, between the cities of Baltimore and Washington, D.C. in the east and Pittsburgh in the west. Two railroads followed the Casselman River from Meyersdale, Pennsylvania to Confluence. First is the B&O Railroad, running between Baltimore and Pittsburgh, which was completed in 1871, and is currently owned by CSX. Second is the Western Maryland Railway, which ran from Cumberland, Maryland to Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Although the Western Maryland was abandoned in the 1980s, the right-of-way has been converted into the Great Allegheny Passage, a rail trail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurel Hill Creek
Laurel Hill Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Casselman River that is located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. It is part of the Youghiogheny River watershed, flowing to the Monongahela River, the Ohio River, and ultimately the Mississippi River. It is responsible for draining 126 square miles of the 576 square miles drained by the Casselman River. Geography Laurel Hill Creek drains the east slope of Laurel Hill in the Laurel Highlands and flows to the appropriately named community of Confluence, where it joins the Casselman River a few yards above the Youghiogheny. It begins in Jefferson Township, with tributaries such as Crab Run, Clear Run, Shanks Run, Shafer Run, Moore Run, Kooser Run, Gross Run, Crise Run, Buck Run, and Jones Mill Run joining its stream, and then flows thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Fayette County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, adjacent to Maryland and West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 128,804. Its county seat is Uniontown. The county was created on September 26, 1783, from part of Westmoreland County and named after the Marquis de Lafayette. Fayette County is part of the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The southern border of Fayette County is the southern border of Pennsylvania at both the Pennsylvania–Maryland state line (the Mason–Dixon line) and the Pennsylvania–West Virginia state line. History The first Europeans in Fayette County were explorers, who had used an ancient American Indian trail that bisected the county on their journey across the Appalachian Mountains. In 1754, when control of the area was still in dispute between France and Great Britain, 22-year-old George Washington fought against the French at the Battle of Jumonville Glen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addison Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Addison Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 928 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The township is named for Alexander Addison, the first president judge (the chief judge within a U.S. judicial district) overseeing Somerset County. History Major General Edward Braddock's Expedition of 1755 passed through the southwestern portion of the area that became Addison Township. The township was organized in 1800. Somerfield was laid out on the western edge of the township about 1816 by Philip D. Smyth, but the town was abandoned and covered over by the Youghiogheny River Lake in the 1940s. The Wable-Augustine Tavern was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (2.74%) is water. It surrounds the borough of Addison, which is located in the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursina, Pennsylvania
Ursina is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 244 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Ursina takes its name from Judge William J. Baer, owner of the land when the town was laid out in 1868 by surveyors H.L. Baer and R.J. Botzer; "bear" in Latin is Ursus. Judge Baer had a blacksmith shop and a sawmill built, Ephraim Kreger built the first house, and Isaac A. Jenkins built the first store, all in that same year of 1868. A school was built in 1870, with John Griffith serving as the first teacher. Ursina was organized as a borough in 1872. The Ursina Branch Railroad was built by the Pittsburgh and Baltimore Coal, Coke, and Iron Company in 1871–1872 in order to more easily access the coal deposits in the area. This four mile line only operated for about three years before the ongoing effects of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
