Skelp, Pennsylvania
Skelp is an unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ... located in Tyrone Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on Skelp Mountain Road (Route 1008) at the intersection with Hobbit Hollow Road, at the foot of Mt. Charma, a small section of Brush Mountain. It is located in Sinking Valley and is near Culp, another small unincorporated community. Elk Run flows through Skelp. PennDOT Map References [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have no unincorporated areas at all or these are very rare: typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or List of uninhabited regions, uninhabited areas. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local government in Aus ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tyrone Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Tyrone Township is a township in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,882 at the 2020 census. It was named after County Tyrone in Ireland. General information *ZIP codes: 16601, 16602, 16603, 16686 *Area code: 814 *Local telephone exchanges: 684, 686, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 946, 947, 949 History The Birmingham Bridge, Fort Roberdeau, Jacob Isett House and Store, and St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tornado Shortly after 11:00 a.m. EST on July 19, 1996, an F1 tornado touched down northeast of Altoona approximately 1 mile northwest of Sickles Corner on Brush Mountain. This tornado moved southeast taking down a swath of trees and causing minor damage to homes along a 1.5 mile path before ending one half mile southeast of Sickles Corner. The path width averaged about one half mile wide. This storm was the fourth in the f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blair County, Pennsylvania
Blair County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 122,822. Its county seat is Hollidaysburg. The county was created on February 26, 1846, from parts of Huntingdon and Bedford counties. Blair County comprises the Altoona, PA metropolitan statistical area. It is also part of the Altoona-Huntingdon, PA Combined Statistical Area, which includes Blair and Huntingdon counties. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water. Features * Brush Mountain *Logan Valley *Morrison Cove *Tussey Mountain Adjacent counties *Centre County (north) *Huntingdon County (east) * Bedford County (south) *Cambria County (west) *Clearfield County (northwest) National protected area *Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site (part) Major highways * * * * * * * * * * * * * Climate Blair has a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dfb''). Demographics As of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brush Mountain (Blair County, Pennsylvania)
Brush Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in the Appalachian Mountains of central Pennsylvania, United States, lying east of the Allegheny Front and west of Tussey Mountain. It runs along the southeast side of the Little Juniata River and forms a horseshoe around Sinking Run, and is the westernmost ridge in its section of the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians. The western ridge line separates the Logan Valley from the Sinking Valley. Brush Mountain lies entirely in Blair County. It runs from the water gap formed with Bald Eagle Mountain by the Little Juniata River at Tyrone, south to the Sinking Valley anticline fold near Altoona then turns northeast to the Canoe Valley syncline fold, where the ridge becomes Canoe Mountain. The total length of Brush Mountain is approximately . No major roads or rivers cross the ridge or run through gaps. Kettle Reservoir collects surface runoff from a small area in the fold, and the dam was made by filling in a small ravine. Kettle Road, a sec ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Culp, Pennsylvania
Culp is an unincorporated community located in Tyrone Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on Kettle Road (Route 1013) at the intersection with Golf Course Road (Route 1015). Culp is less than one mile to the east of historic Fort Roberdeau, and approximately 2.5 miles southwest of Tytoona Cave. It is located in Sinking Valley and is near Skelp Skelp (sometimes spelled scelp) is wrought iron or steel that is rolled or forged into narrow strips and ready to be made into pipe or tubing by being bent (into a cylindrical shape) and welded. The word is most commonly used in the traditional t ..., another small unincorporated community. Sinking Run flows through Culp. References Unincorporated communities in Blair County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{BlairCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Unincorporated Communities In Blair County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated may refer to: * Unincorporated area, land not governed by a local municipality * Unincorporated entity, a type of organization * Unincorporated territories of the United States, territories under U.S. jurisdiction, to which Congress has determined that only select parts of the U.S. Constitution apply * Unincorporated association Unincorporated associations are one vehicle for people to cooperate towards a common goal. The range of possible unincorporated associations is nearly limitless, but typical examples are: :* An amateur football team who agree to hire a pitch onc ..., also known as voluntary association, groups organized to accomplish a purpose * ''Unincorporated'' (album), a 2001 album by Earl Harvin Trio {{disambig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |