PENNSYLVANIA. 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 



Mies. 



Sq. Miles, 



Length 290 > . . C 7 4° 3 0' and 8 p° 2 5' West longitude.? Attnf)n 



Breadth 156 > betWeen \ 39° 44' and 42° North latitude. $ 46 > 000 



Boundakies.... Bounded by New- York and Lake Erie, oh the north ; 

 by Delaware river, which divides it from New-Jersey, on the east ; by 

 a part of Virginia, and by Maryland and Delaware, on the south ; and 

 by the state of Ohio, and a part of Virginia, on the west. It contains 

 23,278,806 acres of land. 



Divisions... .The state of Pennsylvania contains fifty counties. 



CN. lat. 40°. 

 ^W- long. 75° 20', 



Counties. 





Population. 



Chief Towns. 



Philadelphia, 



111,210 



Philadelphia, < , 



Chester, 



39,596 



West Chester, 



Bucks, 



32,371 



Newton. 



Berks, . 



43,146 



Reading. 



Northampton, 



38,145 



Easton. 



Lancaster, 



53,927 



Lancaster. 



York, . 



31,958 



York. 



Cumberland, 



26,757 



Carlisle. 



Montgomery, 



29,703 



Norristown, 



Dauphin, 



31,883 



Harrisburg. 



Luzerne, 



18.109 



Wilksbarre. 



Northumberland, 



36,327 



Sunbury 



Franklin, 



23,083 



Chambersburg. 



Huntingdon, 



14,778 



Huntingdon. 



Westmoreland, 



26,392 



Greensburg. 



Fayette, 



24,714 



Union. 



Washington, 



36,289 



Washington. 



Allegheny, 



25,317 



Pittsburg. 



Delaware, 





14,734 



Chester. 



Mifflin, 





12,132 



Lewistown. 



Bedford, 





15,746 



Bedford. 



Somerset, 





11,284 



Somerset. 



Lycoming, 





11,006 



Williamsport. 



Green, . 





12,544 



Wayneborough. 



Beaver, 





12,168 



Beaver. 



Butler, . 





7,346 



Butler. 



Mercer, 





8,277 



Mercer. 



Venango, 





3,066 



Franklin. 



Erie; 





3,758 



Erie, 



