List of counties in Pennsylvania
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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 1854, and all remaining county government functions having been merged into the city after a 1951 referendum.[1][2] Eight of the ten most populous counties are in the southeastern portion of the state, including four out of the top five, and eight of the top ten most populous counties are in either the Greater Philadelphia or Greater Pittsburgh metropolitan statistical areas.
FIPS code
The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code, used by the U.S. government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. FIPS codes are five-digit numbers; for Pennsylvania the codes start with 42 and are completed with the three-digit county code. The FIPS code for each county in the table links to census data for the specific county.[3]
County list
Former counties
The Province of Pennsylvania's Three Lower Counties had been transferred from New York Colony in 1682. In 1701 these counties became a separate colony called Delaware Colony, although it shared the same colonial governor as Pennsylvania until independence in 1776.
| County |
FIPS code[4] | County seat[9][10] | Est.[9][10] | History[9][11] | Etymology[11] | Population[12] | Area[10] | Map |
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| Kent County | 001 | Dover | 1680 | Created from Whorekill (Hoarkill) District. Formerly known as St. Jones County. | Named in 1682 by William Penn for the English county of Kent. | Template:Nts | Template:Nts sq mi (Template:Nts km2) |
State map highlighting Kent County |
| New Castle County | 003 | Wilmington | 1664 | Original County (Formally New Amstel) | Named in 1673 by Dutch Governor Anthony Colve for the town of New Castle, Delaware as an Anglicization of Nieuw Amstel. | Template:Nts | Template:Nts sq mi (Template:Nts km2) |
State map highlighting New Castle County |
| Sussex County | 005 | Georgetown | 1664 | Created from Whorekill (Hoarkill) District. Formerly known as Deale County | Named in 1682 by William Penn for the English county of Sussex, which was his home county. | Template:Nts | Template:Nts sq mi (Template:Nts km2) |
State map highlighting Sussex County |
See also
- List of Pennsylvania counties by per capita income
- List of county seats in Pennsylvania (by population)
- List of Pennsylvania Municipalities and Counties with Home Rule Charters, Optional Charters, or Optional Plans
- List of municipalities in Pennsylvania
- List of cities in Pennsylvania
- List of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania
- List of townships in Pennsylvania
Further reading
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References
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