Monday, January 8, 2018

January - Week 2 - Pennsylvania - the Keystone State

2 Pennsylvania

Admitted to the US – December 12, 1787
Postal abbreviation – PA
Capital – Harrisburg
Area – 46,055.24 square miles [33rd largest in the US]
Population as of census 2010 – 12,702,379 [6th largest in the US]
Population density per square mile - 283.9 [11th largest in the US]
Area codes – 215, 267, 412, 484, 570, 610, 717, 724, 814, 878
Zip codes – 15001 - 19640
Number of counties – 66
State nickname – Keystone State
State motto – Virtue, Liberty, and Independence


State Flag of Pennsylvania
Fun facts
Punxsutawney is the weather capital of the world
Hershey is the chocolate capital of the world
Fire burns under Centralia for 50 years 
Lancaster County has the highest Amish population in the US
25 Facts about Pennsylvania

Law Schools
Drexel University - Thomas R. Kline School of Law 

Duquesne University School of Law 
Penn State Dickinson Law 
Penn State Law 
University of Pennsylvania Law School 
University of Pittsburgh School of Law 
Temple University - Beasley School of Law 
Villanova University - Charles Widger School of Law 
Widener University - Commonwealth Law School 

Military facts
Fort Indiantown Gap
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station
US Army Garrison - Carlisle Barracks
Letterkenny Army Depot
Tobyhanna Army Depot
Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg
Naval Support Activity Philadelphia
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard


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