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Pennsylvania Route 208
Pennsylvania Route 208 (PA 208) is located in Western Pennsylvania; its western terminus just west of the village of New Bedford in Lawrence County (11½ miles northwest of New Castle) at U.S. Route 422 (US 422) and the Ohio state line. It runs nearly to its eastern terminus in the village of Frills Corners in Clarion County (22 miles east of Oil City) at PA 36. Route description The route begins in Lawrence County where US 422 meets the Ohio state line; PA 208 heads east-northeastward to the village of New Bedford about a mile from the state line. The route junctions with the former PA 932 in the village and was the former alignment of US 422 from the state line to this point, where the old alignment turned southeast; PA 208 continues eastward here. About later, it is joined by PA 551 and the concurrency turns northward for about before turning east again as it crosses the Shenango River and enters the village of Pulaski. The concurrency ends later, and PA 208 con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulaski Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Pulaski Township is a township (Pennsylvania), township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,096 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 3,452 tabulated in 2010 United States Census, 2010. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 30.5 square miles (79.1 km2), of which 30.5 square miles (78.9 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.20%, is water. The township includes the unincorporated communities of New Bedford, Pennsylvania, New Bedford, Frizzleburg, Pennsylvania, Frizzleburg, Pulaski, Villa Maria, Pennsylvania, Villa Maria, and Nashua. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 3,658 people, 1,292 households, and 1,006 families residing in the township. The population density was 120.0 people per square mile (46.4/km2). There were 1,358 housing units at an average density of 44.6/sq mi (17.2/km2). The racial makeup of the township ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grove City Premium Outlets
Grove City Premium Outlets, (formerly Prime Outlets-Grove City) is an open-air outlet mall, which is situated on Interstate 79, four miles south of its junction with Interstate 80, in Springfield Township, west of Grove City, Pennsylvania. Located about sixty miles north of Pittsburgh and seventy miles south of Erie, Grove City Premium Outlets includes more than one hundred and thirty brand-name outlet stores, a food court, and one of the Pittsburgh Steelers' official team stores. It is one of the largest outlet malls in the United States. History In 2002, it was announced that Grove City Outlet's parent company Prime Outlets, was struggling to stay out of debt. In 2006, Value Retail News rated Prime Outlets in Grove City as one of the top twenty outlet centers in the United States. The outlets previously received the award in 2004. On Black Friday in 2006, shoppers created a traffic jam 10 miles (16 km) long during the middle of the night on Interstate 79. Due to P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 258
Pennsylvania Route 258 (PA 258) is a state highway located in Butler and Mercer counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 108/ PA 173 in Slippery Rock. The northern terminus is at PA 18 in Clark. Route description PA 258 begins at an intersection with PA 108 and PA 173 in the borough of Slippery Rock in Butler County, heading northwest on two-lane undivided North Main Street. The road continues southeast from this point as a part of PA 173. From the southern terminus, the route heads past a few businesses before heading into residential areas. PA 258 runs through less dense areas of housing before crossing into Slippery Rock Township and becoming Mercer Road. The road continues into agricultural areas with some woods and homes, crossing Wolf Creek and passing near Christleys Mills. PA 258 enters Liberty Township in Mercer County and becomes Mercer Butler Pike, running through farmland and woodland with some residences and passing through North Libert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 168
Pennsylvania Route 168 (PA 168) is a highway in Western Pennsylvania that runs for from Pennsylvania Route 18 in Frankfort Springs to Pennsylvania Route 208 in Volant. PA 168 intersects or runs concurrently with PA 18 at several points, including New Castle. Route description Beaver County PA 168 begins at an intersection with PA 18 in the borough of Frankfort Springs in Beaver County, heading north on a two-lane undivided road. The route heads into Hanover Township and continues north-northwest through wooded areas with some fields and homes. The road heads northwest as it forms the western border of Raccoon Creek State Park, turning more to the north. PA 168 passes through Kendall and heads past the state park, running through farmland and woodland with some residences. The road crosses into Greene Township and comes to an intersection with US 30. The route continues through more rural areas before entering the borough of Hookstown, where it becomes Main Street and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volant, Pennsylvania
Volant is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 127 at the 2020 Census. Volant is surrounded by Old Order Amish farms of the New Wilmington settlement. It is part of the New Castle micropolitan area. History The land on which the borough of Volant is situated was bought from Native Americans in 1784. The first gristmill was built on Neshannock Creek in 1806, upstream from the current site. It was abandoned after a few years, and a new mill was built in 1812. In 1847, an Amish settlement was established between New Wilmington and Volant. In 1868, J.P. Locke purchased the mill and of land and began laying out a settlement of 30 lots, which he called Lockeville. With the help of the railroad, his attempts to create a settlement were successful. In June 1893, the settlement changed its name to Volant and was incorporated as a self-governing unit. The first store was built in 1877 by John and William Graham. By the turn of the 20th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westminster College, Pennsylvania
Westminster College is a private liberal arts college in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1852, it is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The student population is approximately 1,307 undergraduate and graduate students. History Westminster formed as a result of a meeting on Jan. 21, 1852, between the Ohio and Shenango Presbyteries. In 2009, ''The Washington Monthly ranked Westminster College "third in social mobility" among 253 liberal arts colleges. In 2010, Forbes ranked Westminster first in the nation as the "Best College for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math." In 2008 36% Westminster's graduating class received their degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)--and unusually, more of those STEM graduates were women than men. Campus Westminster is located in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, a town of 2,466 residents located north of Pittsburgh and south of Erie and Cleveland on a campus. Athletics The Westmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 956
Pennsylvania Route 956 (PA 956) is a state highway located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Lawrence County in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 19 in Pennsylvania, U.S. Route 19 (US 19) in Scott Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Scott Township. The northern terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 208, PA 208 in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, New Wilmington. The route has followed its current alignment since 1932 and has been fully paved since 1940. Route description PA 956 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 19 in Pennsylvania, US 19 in Scott Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Scott Township, heading to the west on a two-lane undivided road. The route passes through a mix of farmland and woodland with some homes, turning to the northwest. The road continues through more rural areas, crossing into Washington Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Washington Township. Farther northwest, PA 956 heads into Hickory Township, Lawrence County, Pennsyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 158
Pennsylvania Route 158 (PA 158) is an state highway located in western Pennsylvania, running from Pennsylvania Route 18, PA 18 south of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, New Wilmington in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Lawrence County, to U.S. Route 62 in Pennsylvania, US 62 and Pennsylvania Route 258, PA 258 in Mercer, Pennsylvania, Mercer in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Mercer County. Route description Traveling north from Pennsylvania Route 18, PA 18, PA 158 heads through a rural area of northern Lawrence County that is home to an Amish community and into the borough of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, New Wilmington, where it passes Westminster College, Pennsylvania, Westminster College and intersects with Pennsylvania Route 208, PA 208. The two routes briefly overlap eastbound; at the intersection with Pennsylvania Route 956, PA 956, the concurrency ends, and PA 158 continues northward. As it leaves the borough, it enters Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Mercer County and winds north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 18
Pennsylvania Route 18 (PA 18) is a major north–south highway in Western Pennsylvania whose southern terminus is at West Virginia Route 69 (WV 69) at the state line in Greene County near the village of Garrison, while the northern terminus is at PA 5 in Lake City. At a length of , PA 18 is the only state route in Pennsylvania — north–south ''or'' east–west — to traverse the entire state. It also has the distinction of being the longest state route in Pennsylvania. Route description Greene County Traveling northward from West Virginia Route 69 at the West Virginia state line, Route 18 winds through rural Greene County, passing through the villages of Garrison, New Freeport, Nettle Hill, White Cottage, Woodruff, and Holbrook, before making its first junction with another state highway, PA Route 21, just west of the village of Rogersville and over from the state line. Here the two routes overlap for nearly , winding east-northeast through Rogersville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amish
The Amish (; pdc, Amisch; german: link=no, Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins. They are closely related to Mennonite churches, another Anabaptist denomination. The Amish are known for simple living, plain dress, Christian pacifism, and slowness to adopt many conveniences of modern technology, with a view neither to interrupt family time, nor replace face-to-face conversations whenever possible, and a view to maintain self-sufficiency. The Amish value rural life, manual labor, humility and '' Gelassenheit'' (submission to God's will). The history of the Amish church began with a schism in Switzerland within a group of Swiss and Alsatian Mennonite Anabaptists in 1693 led by Jakob Ammann. Those who followed Ammann became known as Amish. In the second half of the 19th century, the Amish divided into Old Order Amish and Amish Mennonites; the latter do not abstain fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 376
Interstate 376 (I-376) is a major auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System in the US state of Pennsylvania, located within the Allegheny Plateau. It runs from I-80 near Sharon south and east to a junction with the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76, its parent) in Monroeville, after having crossed the Pennsylvania Turnpike at an interchange in Big Beaver. The route serves Pittsburgh and its surrounding areas and is the main access road to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). Portions of the route are known as the Beaver Valley Expressway, Southern Expressway, and Airport Parkway. Within Allegheny County, the route runs along the majority of the Penn-Lincoln Parkway, known locally as Parkway West and Parkway East. It is currently the ninth-longest auxiliary Interstate route in the system and second only to I-476 within Pennsylvania. I-376 is signed east–west despite running north–south for nearly three-quarters of its length; however, it does run east–west thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
