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U.S. Route 219 In Pennsylvania
U.S. Route 219 (US 219) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from Rich Creek, Virginia, to West Seneca, New York. From near Grantsville, Maryland north to Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, US 219 is Corridor N of the Appalachian Development Highway System. From Meyersdale, Pennsylvania to just south of Carrolltown, Pennsylvania, US 219 is a limited-access highway. From Carrolltown US 219 runs largely as a two-lane road to DuBois, Pennsylvania, through which it runs as Brady Street, and then returns to a two-lane road after a junction with Interstate 80. US 219 runs directly through the towns of Brockway, Ridgway, and Johnsonburg before reaching Wilcox, where PA Route 321 splits and heads for the town of Kane. US 219 continues north as a two-lane road until reaching Bradford, where it becomes a limited-access highway and remains so until reaching the New York border. On August 9, 2007, Pennsylvania State Transportation Secretary Allen D. Biehler unveiled f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salisbury, Pennsylvania
Salisbury is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 707 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Salisbury was laid out by Joseph Markley in 1794, with Douglas Baker as the surveyor. Peter Shirer & Martin Weimer built the first house, and Peter Shirer was also the first storekeeper. Peter Shirer & Peter Welfley added more lots to the town about 1814, John Smith added more about 1850, and the Beachy family added even more in 1870. The town, located on the Turkey Foot Road, was organized as a borough in 1862. In 1998, Salisbury was hit by two Fujita scale, F3 tornadoes on Late-May 1998 tornado outbreak and derecho, May 31 and 1998 Eastern tornado outbreak, June 2. The May 31 tornado killed one person and injured 15 others and the June 2 tornado intensified into an F4 tornado when it struck Allegany County, Maryland. Geography Sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Creek, Virginia
Rich Creek is a town in Giles County, Virginia, United States. The population was 774 as per the 2010 census, up from 665 as per the 2000 census. It is part of the Blacksburg– Christiansburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Rich Creek is located in northwestern Giles County at (37.383960, -80.821818), on the east side of the New River at the mouth of Rich Creek. U.S. Route 460 passes through the town, leading south (upriver) to Narrows and west (downriver) to Glen Lyn. Pearisburg is southeast of Rich Creek (upriver). U.S. Route 219 has its southwestern terminus at US 460 in Rich Creek. It leads northeast to Peterstown, West Virginia, and ultimately to West Seneca, New York, near Buffalo. According to the United States Census Bureau, Rich Creek has a total area of , of which , or 2.28%, are water. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 665 people, 277 households, and 186 families living in the town. The population density was 765.0 people per squa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradford, Pennsylvania
Bradford is a city in McKean County, Pennsylvania, McKean County, Pennsylvania. It is located close to the border with New York (state), New York state and approximately south of Buffalo, New York. Bradford is the principal city in the Bradford, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,825 at the 2020 United States Census. History Settled in 1823, Bradford was chartered as a city in 1879 and emerged as a wild oil boomtown in the Pennsylvania oil rush in the late 19th century. The area's Pennsylvania Grade crude oil has superior qualities and is free of asphaltic constituents, contains only trace amounts of sulfur and nitrogen, and has excellent characteristics for refining into lubricants. The Bradford and Foster Brook Railway, Bradford & Foster Brook Railway was built in 1876 as one of, if not the first, monorails in America, when Bradford was a booming oil town. World-famous Kendall racing oils were produced in Bradford. Bradford was the site of an important ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kane, Pennsylvania
Kane is a borough in McKean County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, east by southeast of Erie. It was founded in 1864 by Civil War General Thomas L. Kane of the famous Bucktail Regiment at an elevated site 2210 feet (674 m) above sea level. In the early part of the 20th century, Kane had large glass works, bottle works, lumber mills, and manufactures of brush handles, saws, cutlery, screen doors and windows. The population peaked in the 1920s but has since declined to 3,612 people in 2020. It is the home of the Kane Area School District, and they are known as the Kane Wolves. Famous residents of Kane include Chuck Daly, two-time NBA Champion and 1992 Olympic gold medalist coach; Amy Rudolph, an Olympic distance runner and qualifier in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Games; composer Maryanne Amacher; and Evan O'Neill Kane, a surgeon known for removing his own appendix and repairing his own hernia under local anesthetic. Geography Kane is located at (41.661712, -78.810328). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 321
Pennsylvania Route 321 (PA 321) is a state highway located in Elk and McKean counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 219 (US 219) in the community of Wilcox. The northern terminus is at PA 346 within the Allegheny National Forest. PA 321 heads northwest from Wilcox through rural areas to the borough of Kane, where it forms a brief concurrency with US 6. North of here, the route passes through the national forest and runs along the shore of the Allegheny Reservoir. PA 321 runs east briefly with PA 59 before winding north through more forest to its northern terminus. A portion of the route along the Allegheny Reservoir is designated as the Longhouse National Scenic Byway, a Pennsylvania Scenic Byway and National Forest Scenic Byway. The road between Wilcox and Kane was designated as part of Legislative Route 97 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilcox, Pennsylvania
Wilcox is a census-designated place located in Jones Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community was named after a settler, Col. A.I. Wilcox. As of the 2010 census, Wilcox had a population of 383. Wilcox is located in the west-central part of Jones Township in northern Elk County, in the valley of the West Branch of the Clarion River, a tributary of the Allegheny River. U.S. Route 219 passes through the center of town, leading north to Bradford and south to Ridgway, the Elk County seat. Pennsylvania Route 321 leads northwest from Wilcox to Kane. The Swedish Lutheran Parsonage located at 230 Kane Street was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The year 2008 marked the 150th anniversary of the settlement of this village. Wilcox is located on the Allegheny Plateau near the East Branch Clarion River Lake. Over 250,000 visitors a year come to Wilcox to enjoy the natural foresting, fishing, hunting, and three state and national parks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania
Johnsonburg is a borough in Elk County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Pittsburgh and south of Buffalo, New York, in a productive farming and lumbering region. Paper mills were once common in the borough, with the Domtar mill still operating. In 1910, 4,334 people lived here. The population was 2,483 at the 2010 census. History It was founded in 1810 and incorporated in 1891. The Johnsonburg Commercial Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. Geography Johnsonburg is located at (41.493950, -78.679600). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of it land and (1.38%) of it water. It is also home to the Johnsonburg Area School. Demographics 2010 As of the census of 2010, there were 2,483 people, 1,126 households, and 663 families residing in the borough. The population density was 856.2 people per square mile (334.5/km²). There were 1,293 housing units at an average density of 445.8 per square mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridgway, Pennsylvania
Ridgway is a borough in and the county seat of Elk County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 4,078. History Ridgway was founded by Philadelphian shipping merchant Jacob Ridgway and James Gillis. Jacob Ridgway earned substantial wealth both in Philadelphia and abroad in London. He constantly sent sums of money back to be invested in property. In the early 19th century as part of a larger land purchase, Ridgway acquired that became Elk County. One of Jacob Ridgway's nephews, James Gillis, convinced Ridgway that the area could become a very lucrative spot for a lumber camp due to the proximity of Elk Creek and the Clarion River, a tributary of the Allegheny River. Coal and natural gas abound in the district. In the past, the industrial interests were manufacturing leather, iron, clay, and lumber products, silk goods, railroad snow plows, dynamos, and machine tools. In 1900, the people living here numbered 3,515; in 1910, 5,408; in 1940, 6,253, and in 2010, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 80
Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one of the original routes of the Interstate Highway System; its final segment was opened in 1986. The second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States after I-90, it runs through many major cities, including Oakland, Sacramento, Reno, Salt Lake City, Omaha, Des Moines, and Toledo and passes within of Chicago, Cleveland, and New York City. I-80 is the Interstate Highway that most closely approximates the route of the historic Lincoln Highway, the first road across the United States. The highway roughly traces other historically significant travel routes in the Western United States: the Oregon Trail across Wyoming and Nebraska, the California Trail across most of Nevada and California, the first transcontinental airmail route, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrolltown, Pennsylvania
Carrolltown is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 853 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, down from 1,049 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Carrolltown is located in northern Cambria County at (40.603, -78.709), about 20 miles west of Altoona, Pennsylvania, Altoona. U.S. Route 219 passes through the borough, leading northwest to Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania, Northern Cambria and south to Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, Ebensburg, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, Carrolltown has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,049 people, 407 households, and 295 families living in the borough. The population density was 1,583.8 people per square mile (613.7/km2). There were 440 housing units at an average density of 664.3 per square mile (257.4/km2). The racial makeup ... [...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] |
Appalachian Development Highway System
The Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) is a series of highway corridors in the Appalachia region of the eastern United States. The routes are designed as local and regional routes for improving economic development in the historically isolated region. It was established as part of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, and has been repeatedly supplemented by various federal and state legislative and regulatory actions. The system consists of a mixture of state, U.S., and Interstate routes. The routes are formally designated as "corridors" and assigned a letter. Signage of these corridors varies from place to place, but where signed are often done so with a distinctive blue-colored sign. A 2019 study found that the construction of the ADHS led to economic net gains of $54 billion (approximately 0.4 percent of national income) and boosted incomes in the Appalachian region by reducing the costs of trade. History In 1964, the President's Appalachian Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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