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Marion Center, Pennsylvania
Marion Center is a borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 413 at the 2020 census. History The village was laid out by John Park in 1841 and named Marion after the Revolutionary War hero General Francis Marion. The ''Indiana Register'' first advertised lots for sale on September 1, 1841. Marion became incorporated as a borough in June 1869. The post office used a name distinct from the town (Brady Post Office) until December 26, 1890, when both were changed to Marion Center. In 1885, New York banker Adrien Iselin purchased the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway. A branch near the Jefferson-Indiana County Line (Indiana Junction) led south into Indiana County ending at Vintondale. The tracks from Jefferson County into Indiana County were first laid near Juneau in October 1902. Trains ran through Marion Center by April 1903. The first passenger train stopped at Marion Center on May 3, 1904. The last train, the Hoodlbug, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vintondale
Vintondale is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 414 as of the 2010 census. History Vintondale was founded by Warren Delano IV, maternal uncle of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1892. He was a property owner and mayor of the town. The town was described as "wild and wooly" upon its founding. The Vinton Colliery Company operated in the town and ran 6 mines, 152 coke ovens, and one of the first long wall mining operations within the U.S. It was the scene of many clashes between company guard and union organizers. Significantly, during a 1922 strike, New York lawyer for the then fledgling American Civil Liberties Union, Arthur Garfield Hayes was imprisoned in the towns small jail with only one cell for 30 minutes for trespassing on company property -the staircase outside the company store. He was released on bail. To the north of town, the old Eliza Furnace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochester Mills
Rochester Mills is an unincorporated village in Grant Township in northern Indiana County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ..., United States. The community is served by the 286 exchange in Area Code 724. Zip Code 15771. Until the district consolidated its primary schools in 2010, the village was home to Canoe-Grant Elementary School, a part of Marion Center Area School District. The district sold the building and land. Geography The village is located at 40.819 north latitude and 78.986 west longitude. Its elevation is above sea level. Former state highway PA-236 ran through the village until it was decommissioned in 1985. Today, that route is numbered 1038 and 1045. The village was formerly known as Richmond, but the post office was called Roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixonville, Pennsylvania
Dixonville is an unincorporated community in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The area is recorded as the "Dicksonville" census-designated place (CDP), with a population of 467 at the 2010 census. The CDP lies mostly on the western edge of Green Township, though a small portion extends west into Rayne Township. Geography Dixonville is located in north-central Indiana County in the valley of Dixon Run, a south-flowing tributary of Two Lick Creek. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 450 people, 176 households, and 124 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 195 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.11% White, and 0.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.33% of the population. There were 176 households, out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deckers Point
Deckers may refer to: * Deckers (surname) *Deckers, Colorado, United States * Deckers Creek, a river in West Virginia, United States *Deckers Outdoor Corporation, a footwear manufacturer *In the fictional ''Shadowrun'' universe, computer hackers are known as "deckers" See also *Decker (other) Decker can refer to: Names * Decker (surname) Places ;Antarctica * Decker Glacier ;Canada * Decker, Manitoba *Decker Lake (British Columbia), a lake near the town of Burns Lake, British Columbia *Decker Lake, British Columbia, a community on th ... * Dekkers {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Center, Pennsylvania
Marion Center is a borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 413 at the 2020 census. History The village was laid out by John Park in 1841 and named Marion after the Revolutionary War hero General Francis Marion. The ''Indiana Register'' first advertised lots for sale on September 1, 1841. Marion became incorporated as a borough in June 1869. The post office used a name distinct from the town (Brady Post Office) until December 26, 1890, when both were changed to Marion Center. In 1885, New York banker Adrien Iselin purchased the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway. A branch near the Jefferson-Indiana County Line (Indiana Junction) led south into Indiana County ending at Vintondale. The tracks from Jefferson County into Indiana County were first laid near Juneau in October 1902. Trains ran through Marion Center by April 1903. The first passenger train stopped at Marion Center on May 3, 1904. The last train, the Hoodlbug, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 403
Pennsylvania Route 403 (PA 403) is a north–south state route in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria and Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana counties of Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania, U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in the hamlet of Kantner in Quemahoning Township, Pennsylvania, Quemahoning Township. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 119 in Pennsylvania, US 119 near Marion Center, Pennsylvania, Marion Center. Route description Somerset County PA 403 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania, US 30 in Quemahoning Township, Pennsylvania, Quemahoning Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Somerset County, heading northeast on two-lane undivided Triple S Road. The road becomes Whistler Road as it passes through wooded areas with some homes and industrial establishments, crossing the Stonycreek River. The route turns east and passes through the residential community of Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 724
Area code 724 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in western and southwestern Pennsylvania, including a portion of the suburbs of Pittsburgh. It was created in an area code split of area code 412 on February 1, 1998, which made the 412 numbering plan area (NPA) an enclave for the city, with 724 surrounding 412. In 2001, area codes 412 and 724 were overlaid with area code 878, so that the entire southwestern corner of Pennsylvania is served by area code 878. History In 1947, area code 412 was assigned as one of 86 original North American area codes to a numbering plan area that comprised the entire southwestern corner of Pennsylvania. The regional carrier Bell Atlantic wanted to implement area code 724 as an overlay complex with 412 at a time when overlays were still a new concept, and were met with resistance because of the requirement for ten-digit dialing. As a result, 724 was implemented by assigning nearly all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, economy. The U.S. Census Bureau is part of the United States Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce and its Director of the United States Census Bureau, director is appointed by the president of the United States. Currently, Ron S. Jarmin is the acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau's primary mission is conducting the United States census, U.S. census every ten years, which allocates the seats of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives to the U.S. state, states based on their population. The bureau's various censuses and surveys help allocate over $675 billion in federal funds every year and it assists states, local communities, and businesses in making informed decisions. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linton Park (artist)
Linton Park (16 November 1826, in Marion Center, Pennsylvania – 17 September 1906,"Linton Park" from the ''Encyclopedia of American Folk Art'', Gerard Wertkin, Editor. in Erie, Pennsylvania) was an American painter in the Folk Art tradition and vegetarian Union Army, union soldier. Biography His father was a surveyor who helped lay out his hometown. As a young man, he probably worked in his father's gristmill, although some of his paintings indicate that he may have worked in the lumber industry as well. After travelling throughout Pennsylvania in the 1850s, the year 1863 found him in Washington, D.C., where he may have worked on the new United States Capitol dome. The following year, he enlisted in the Union Army and was assigned to the Presidential Guard detail.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
