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Pennsylvania is a medium-sized, heavily
populated, state in the northeastern
region of the United States of America.
Among its major industries are agriculture,
tourism, production of steel, machinery,
chemicals, computer components, cars,
crayons, and Hershey's chocolate.
It is neighbored by 6 other similar states:
New York, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, West Virginia, and Ohio.
Pennsylvania's name means "Penn's
woods", as the 45,333 square miles of
heavily forested land was granted to
William Penn (1644-1718) by King
Charles II of England, in 1681.
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No other state in America holds so many
historic sites as Pennsylvania – plus,
it has 260 universities and colleges, and
is the birthplace of Perry Como, Jimmy
Stewart, Gene Kelly, Mister Rogers, the
Dorsey brothers, and Punxsutawney Phil.
The capital of Pennsylvania is Harrisburg,
a town of about 48,000, situated along
the Susquehanna River
• 157 miles west of New York City
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95 miles north of Washington DC • 164 miles east of Pittsburgh PA
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94 miles WNW of Philadelphia PA •
66 miles west of Boyertown Museum•••
Of the 8 counties in Pennsylvania with a greater population, three of them border Berks to the south and east: Lancaster, Chester, and Montgomery Counties.
Other bordering counties are
Lebanon, Schuylkill, & Lehigh.
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The Berks County seat is Reading (pronounced "Redding"), a city of about 81,000 people, probably best known as
the home of the Reading Railroad, which,
in the 1870's, was the largest corporation
in the world, and since 1933, has been immortalized on the "Monopoly" board.
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Reading, Pennsylvania, is located
48 miles WNW of Philadelphia, and
15 miles west of the Boyertown Museum.
is a city of about 81,000 people,
probably best known as the home of
the Reading Railroad, which, in the
1870's, was the largest corporation in
the world, and since 1933, has been
immortalized on the "Monopoly" board.
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Reading, Pennsylvania, was named in
1748, by Thomas & Richard Penn (sons of
Pennsylvania founder, William Penn) after
their ancestral home of Reading, England,
which was founded in the eighth century,
40 miles due west of London, and today
has a population of about 144,000. •••
Reading, England's, most famous current
resident is actress Jacqueline Bisset.
A past resident was author Oscar Wilde.
Actress Kate Winslet was born there
on Sunday, October 5th, 1975.
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Reading, Pennsylvania, is located
48 miles WNW of Philadelphia, and
15 miles west of the Boyertown Museum.
Pennsylvania town of Philadelphia, a
Greek word which means, "brotherly love."
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The community was named by William
Penn, in 1682, after the Philadelphia in
the Lydia region of Asia Minor, which was
mentioned twice in the Bible, in the beginning
of the book of Revelation. The village of
Alasehir, Turkey, stands on that site now.
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Philadelphia PA, the USA's first capital,
is now its fifth largest city — behind only
Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, & New York.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is located
in the northeastern region of the
United States of America
in the southeastern corner of the
state of Pennsylvania
78 miles SW of New York City
126 miles NE of Washington DC
258 miles east of Pittsburgh PA
35 miles SE of the Boyertown MuseumMuseum of Historic Vehicles,
which has sponsored and produced
the annual Duryea Day, ever since
the Labor Day Weekend of 1966
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