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Erie (PA) county

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Erie County was established on March 12, 1800 from part of Allegheny County, which absorbed the lands of the disputed Erie Triangle in 1792. Prior to 1792, the region was claimed by both New York and Pennsylvania and so no county demarcations were made until the federal government intervened.

Since Erie County and its newly established neighboring Counties of Crawford, Mercer, Venango, and Warren were initially unable to sustain themselves, a five-county administrative organization was established at Crawford County's Meadville to temporarily manage government affairs in the region. Erie first elected its own county officials in 1803. Unfortunately, on March 23, 1823 the Erie County Courthouse burned and all county records to that point were destroyed.

The county was originally settled by immigrants of ”Yankee” stock (immigrants from New England and the western part of New York descended from the English Puritans whose ancestors settled New England in the colonial era). Erie County resembled Upstate New York more than it did Pennsylvania with its population primarily consisting of settlers from Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine. Roads were laid out, post routes established, public buildings erected and people were invited to move there. The original settlers were entirely of New England origins or were Yankees from upstate New York whose families had moved to that place from New England only one generation earlier, in the aftermath of the Revolutionary War. This resulted in Erie County being culturally very contiguous with early New England culture.

Erie County was part of the Underground Railroad giving slaves the ability to gain freedom through Lake Erie into Canada, East through New York State, or to stay in Erie with the help of abolitionists and the free black community. Today, the ”Journey to Freedom” educational program provides an interactive program on the Underground Railroad experience.

Övrigt

Staden och countyt är döpt efter Lake Erie.

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Cities

Boroughs

  • Albion
  • Cranesville
  • Edinboro
  • Elgin
  • Girard
  • Lake City
  • McKean
  • Mill Village
  • North East
  • Platea
  • Union City
  • Waterford
  • Wattsburg
  • Wesleyville

Townships

  • Amity Township
  • Concord Township
  • Conneaut Township
  • Elk Creek Township
  • Fairview Township
  • Franklin Township
  • Girard Township
  • Greene Township
  • Greenfield Township
  • Harborcreek Township
  • Lawrence Park Township
  • LeBoeuf Township
  • McKean Township
  • Millcreek Township
  • North East Township
  • Springfield Township
  • Summit Township
  • Union Township
  • Venango Township
  • Washington Township
  • Waterford Township
  • Wayne Township

Census-designated places

  • Avonia
  • Fairview
  • Lawrence Park
  • Northwest Harborcreek
  • Penn State Erie (Behrend)
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