Place details
Place namePennsylvania
Other namesPA
CountryUnited States
Latitude40.833
Longitude-76
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Occupied mainly by Algonquian, with Iroquoian-speakers in E, when English, Dutch & Swedes settled here 17th cen.; haven for religious dissenters founded by W Penn in 1682; suffered battles in French & Indian wars; was strongly pro-Revolution & pro-Union.