De standaardafkorting voor “The Keystone State”, zoals de bijnaam luidt, is PA. De hoofdstad is Harrisburg, de grootste stad is Philadelphia. 1 Op 12 december , vijf dagen na Delaware, werd Pennsylvania formeel, als tweede, een staat van de Verenigde Staten. De stad Philadelphia fungeerde tussen. 2 Search land for sale in Pennsylvania. Find lots, acreage, rural lots, and more on Zillow. 3 In de volksmond staat de plaats ook bekend als Philly. Andere bijnamen van de stad zijn The City of Brotherly Love (Philadelphia betekent Broederliefde), Quaker. 4 Joe Daniel Price / Getty Images One of the original 13 colonies, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers. 5 The following is a list of the 67 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, the municipalities having been consolidated in , and all remaining county government functions having been merged into the city after a referendum. 6 Landforms. From sandy flatlands to dissected plateaus and mountains of folded rocks, the landscape or physiography of Pennsylvania is intricately linked to its underlying . 7 1 Online Resources 2 Pennsylvania Land Records Before William Penn (–) to - Proprietorship of William Penn and his Heirs to - The Commonwealth First Title to Land Land Office Records Indexes of Colonial and State Records County Records Land Ownership Maps 3 References. 8 Public Land in Pennsylvania. This map displays the public land in the state of Pennsylvania, including local land, state parks, state forests, and federal parks. Web Map by zsr_pennstate. Last Modified: December 9, 9 Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city with a population of 1,, as of the census. Since , the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania, and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions with. 10 Pennsylvania, staat in het noordoosten van de VS met een oppervlakte van km². Bijnaam van de staat is Keystone State. 11 12