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Pennsylvania's 69th Representative District
The 69th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in southern Pennsylvania and has been represented by Carl Walker Metzgar since 2009. District profile The 69th District is located in Somerset County and includes the following areas: * Addison * Addison Township * Allegheny Township * Benson * Berlin * Black Township * Boswell * Brothersvalley Township * Callimont * Casselman * Central City * Conemaugh Township *Confluence * Elk Lick Township * Fairhope Township * Garrett * Greenville Township * Hooversville * Indian Lake * Jefferson Township * Jenner Township *Jennerstown * Larimer Township * Lincoln Township * Lower Turkeyfoot Township *Meyersdale * Middlecreek Township * Milford Township * New Baltimore * New Centerville * Northampton Township * Quemahoning Township * Rockwood * Salisbury * Seven Springs (Somerset County Portion) * Shade Township * Shanksville * Somerset * Somerset Township * Southampton Township * Stonycreek Townshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania House District 69
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Elk Lick Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,257 at the 2020 census. Mount Davis, the highest point in Pennsylvania, is located within the township. History Elk Lick Township was formed around 1785, while the areas was still a part of Bedford County. Joseph Markley was one of the first settlers, around 1760. The first church was built in 1813 by local Reformed and Lutheran congregations. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Elk Lick Township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.01%) is water. It surrounds the borough of Salisbury, which is located in the southeastern section of the township. Elk Lick Township is bordered by Greenville Township to the east, Summit Township to the northeast, Black Township to the northwest, Addison Township to the west, and the state of Maryland to the south. Forbes State Forest, Mount Davis, High Point Lake, and Deer Valley Lake (Pittsburgh YMCA Lake) are ... [...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] |
Meyersdale, Pennsylvania
Meyersdale is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, on the Casselman River, southeast of Pittsburgh. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the past, Meyersdale's chief industry was the mining of coal. Meyersdale is located along the Great Allegheny Passage, a multi-use recreational rail trail. The List of festivals in Pennsylvania#March, Pennsylvania Maple Festival has taken place each spring in Meyersdale since 1948. History Meyersdale was first settled as early as 1776, but the growth of the town dates from the advent of the first railroad in 1871. Coal mining began in the next year. The borough was named for an early settler: Peter Meyers, a local farmer who was integral to the beginning of the town. Early names for Meyersdale included Meyers Mills and Dale City. Jacob Olinger had 30 lots laid out on his land in 1844 with Alexander Philson of Berlin serving as the surveyor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, 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] |
Lincoln Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Lincoln Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,456 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 25.7 square miles (66.7 km2), all land. Lincoln Township is bordered by Jenner Township to the northeast, Quemahoning Township to the east, Somerset Township to the southeast, Jefferson Township to the southwest, and Westmoreland County to the northwest. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 1,669 people, 642 households, and 489 families living in the township. The population density was . There were 676 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 99.40% White, 0.12% African American, 0.12% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 0.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.30%. Of the 642 households 33.8% had childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larimer Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Larimer 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. Larimer Township was named for General William Larimer, Jr., president of the Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad. History Brigadier General John Forbes's Expedition of 1758 passed through the area that became Larimer Township, near Will's Creek, as they hacked Forbes Road out of the western Pennsylvania wilderness. (The reference that it was Major General Edward Braddock's Expedition of 1755 that passed through this area seems to have mixed up these two expeditions, since Braddock's Road passes through the extreme southwest corner of Somerset County.) Jonathan Long arrived in the area as early as 1783, and Richard Geiger was another early settler, possibly around the same time as Long. Daniel Lepley moved into Larimer Township in 1849 and built a gristmill here in 1850. The towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennerstown, Pennsylvania
Jennerstown is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 679 at the 2020 census. The borough is the home of Jennerstown Speedway. The town was named for Edward Jenner. Jennerstown is located north of Somerset and south of Johnstown. It is also west of Boswell. It is connected with Route 30 (Pennsylvania). Geography Jennerstown is located at (40.161763, -79.062686). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and (3.50%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 714 people, 302 households, and 212 families residing in the borough. The population density was 369.4 people per square mile (142.8/km2). There were 343 housing units at an average density of 177.5 per square mile (68.6/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 100.00% White. There were 302 households, out of which 25.8% had child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenner Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Jenner Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The population was 3,703 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Jenner Township includes the unincorporated communities of Jenners, Jenner Crossroads, Ralphton, Pilltown, Ferrellton, Acosta, and Gray. Jenner Township completely surrounds the nearby boroughs of Boswell and Jennerstown Jennerstown is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 679 at the 2020 census. The borough is the home of Jennerstown Speedway. The t ..., each of which has its own government and is not part of the Township. Geography It is located approximately at 40.175°N by 79.06°W. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.77%) is water. Jenner Township is bordered by Conemaugh Township to the northeast, Quemahonin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Jefferson Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,428 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Jefferson Township was organized in 1847 from a portion of Somerset Township and named for Thomas Jefferson. Conrad Shaulis, one of the early settlers, served in the American Revolution. By 1783, 24 families farmed in the area; the earliest had arrived about six years earlier. Other early settlers included James Allen, Adam Flick, John Mason, and Nicholas Barron. A Lutheran church was built in 1849, and a German Baptist church in 1873. The Kooser State Park Family Cabin District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.41%) is water. Jefferson Township is bordered by Lincoln Township to the northeast, Somerset Township to the east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Lake, Pennsylvania
Indian Lake (Private Lake only to land owners within the borough) is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 391 at the 2020 census, down from 394 in 2010. Indian Lake is home to Indian Lake Golf Club, which opened in 1974, and was the first to be designed by Arnold Palmer, Northwinds Golf Course (public), Indian Lake Resort (fine dining, banquet, and lodging), Indian Lake Marina, and the James W. McIntyre Hiking and Biking Trail. While the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 is often reported as Shanksville, it is actually a bit closer to Indian Lake, about 1.5 versus 2 miles away. The actual location of the crash was in a field in Stonycreek Township. Geography Indian Lake is located at (40.047616, -78.859198). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (17.26%) is water. Indian Lake has the fourth-highest el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooversville, Pennsylvania
Hooversville is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 626 at the 2020 census. History Hooversville was established in 1836. The first settlers to claim land in the Hooversville area were George Lohr (1780), Michael Kocher, and Casper Ripple (warrant 1794), who died in 1828. Jonas Hoover, the founder of Hooversville, came to Quemahoning Township in 1834 and bought land from the heirs of Casper Ripple. In 1836, he had lots surveyed along the present Water and Main Streets. Jonas Hoover was a farmer who ran a gristmill and sawmill on Hoover Street in 1847. He was a justice of the peace from 1852 to 1862. He and David Crissey took part in establishing the German Reformed Church at Hooversville. This town, like many in the area, is primarily residential, with a Daniel Shaffer's hardware store, Deaner's Funeral Home, Barron's Service Garage, and Country Bargains store. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
