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| Length_mile = 160
 
| Length_mile = 160
 
| Length_km = 255
 
| Length_km = 255
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| total_state_population = 12,604,767 (2009 est.)
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| total_state_population = 12,787,209 (2014 est)
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| total_mh_inpatient_pop = 1,772 (Dec 2009)
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| total_mh_inpatient_pop = 1,400 (2012)
 
| year_past_peak_pop = 1947
 
| year_past_peak_pop = 1947
 
| past_mh_inpatient_pop = 43,383
 
| past_mh_inpatient_pop = 43,383
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* [[Scranton State Hospital]]
 
* [[Scranton State Hospital]]
 
* [[Somerset State Hospital]]
 
* [[Somerset State Hospital]]
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* [[State Hospital for Crippled Children]]
 
* [[Torrance State Hospital]]
 
* [[Torrance State Hospital]]
 
* [[Warren State Hospital]]
 
* [[Warren State Hospital]]
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* [[White Haven State School and Hospital]]
 
* [[White Haven State School and Hospital]]
  
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== State Sanatoriums ==
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== Institutions for the Disabled==
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* Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
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* Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind
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* Pennsylvania State Oral School for the Deaf
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* Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men
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* Western Pennsylvania Institution of the Deaf and Dumb
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== State Sanatoriums for Tuberculosis ==
  
 
* [[Cresson Tuberculosis Sanatorium ]]
 
* [[Cresson Tuberculosis Sanatorium ]]
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* [[White Haven Sanatorium]]
 
* [[White Haven Sanatorium]]
  
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== Private Sanatoriums ==
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== Private Sanatoriums for Tuberculosis ==
  
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* [[Blue Ridge Mountain Sanitarium]]
 
* [[Eagleville Sanitarium]]
 
* [[Eagleville Sanitarium]]
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* [[Easton Sanitarium]]
 
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* [[Eyrie Sanatorium]]
 
 
* [[Fern Cliff Sanatorium]]
 
* [[Fern Cliff Sanatorium]]
 
* [[Grand-View Sanatorium]]
 
* [[Grand-View Sanatorium]]
 
* [[Markleton Sanatorium]]
 
* [[Markleton Sanatorium]]
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* [[Mercer Sanatorium]]
 
 
* [[Mountain Park Sanatorium]]
 
* [[Mountain Park Sanatorium]]
 
* [[Overlook Sanitarium]]
 
* [[Overlook Sanitarium]]
 
* [[Punxsutawney Sanitarium]]
 
* [[Punxsutawney Sanitarium]]
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* [[Wood Lea Sanatorium]]
 
  
 
== State Hospitals for Miners ==
 
== State Hospitals for Miners ==
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* [[Shamokin State Hospital]]
 
* [[Shamokin State Hospital]]
  
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== Private Hospitals ==
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== Federal Government Institutions ==
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* [[Valley Forge General Hospital]]
  
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== Private Insane Hospitals and Sanitariums ==
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'''Large Psychiatric Facilities'''
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* [[Belmont Hospital]]
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* [[Belle Vista Sanatorium]]
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* [[Brooke Glen Hospital]]
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* [[Burn-Brae]]
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* [[Devereux Foundation]]
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* [[Episcopal Hospital]]
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* [[Fairmount Hospital]]
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* [[Horsham Clinic]]
 
* [[Friends Hospital]]
 
* [[Friends Hospital]]
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* [[Gladwyne Colony]]
 
 
* [[Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital]]
 
* [[Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital]]
 
* [[Pennsylvania Hospital]]
 
* [[Pennsylvania Hospital]]
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* [[Saint Francis Hospital for the Insane]]
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* [[U.S. Naval Asylum and Hospital]]
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'''Small Psychiatric Facilities'''
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* [[Convalescents Retreat]]
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* [[Crest View Hospital]]
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* [[Easton Sanitarium]]
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* [[Eugenia Hospital]]
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* [[Eyrie Sanatorium]]
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* [[Gladwyne Colony]]
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* [[Inwood Sanitarium]]
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* [[Kenwood Sanitarium]]
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* [[MCES]]
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* [[Mercer Sanatorium]]
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* [[St. John Vianney Center]]
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* [[Springbank on the Wissahickon]]
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* [[Stoneyhurst Hospital]]
 
* [[The Firs]]
 
* [[The Firs]]
 
* [[The Orchard]]
 
* [[The Orchard]]
 
* [[The Tower House]]
 
* [[The Tower House]]
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* [[U.S. Naval Asylum and Hospital]]
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* [[Wood Lea Sanitarium]]
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* [[Dermandy Sanatorium]]
  
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== County/City Almshouses and Poor Farms ==
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== County/City/District Almshouses==
  
 
* [[Adams County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Adams County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Allegheny City Home]]
 
* [[Allegheny City Home]]
 
* [[Allegheny County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Allegheny County Almshouse]]
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* [[Auburn and Rush Almshouse]]
 
* [[Beaver County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Beaver County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Bedford County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Bedford County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Berks County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Berks County Almshouse]]
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* [[Blakely Poor-House]]
 
* [[Blair County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Blair County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Blockley Almshouse]]
 
* [[Blockley Almshouse]]
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* [[Bucks County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Bucks County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Cambria County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Cambria County Almshouse]]
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* [[Carbondale City Poorhouse]]
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* [[Central Poor District Almshouse]]
 
* [[Chester County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Chester County Almshouse]]
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* [[Clarion County Home]]
 
* [[Coal Township Poor-House]]
 
* [[Coal Township Poor-House]]
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* [[Conyngham and Centralia Poor-House]]
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* [[Crawford County Almshouse]]
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* [[Cumberland County Almshouse]]
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* [[Danville and Mahoning Poor-House]]
 
* [[Dauphin County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Dauphin County Almshouse]]
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* [[Delaware County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Erie County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Erie County Almshouse]]
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* [[Fayette County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Franklin County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Franklin County Almshouse]]
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* [[Germantown Poor-House]]
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* [[Germantown Poorhouse]]
 
* [[Greene County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Greene County Almshouse]]
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* [[Hillside Farm and Almshouse]]
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* [[Honesdale and Texas Poor-House]]
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* [[Huntingdon County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Kittanning Poor-House]]
 
* [[Kittanning Poor-House]]
 
* [[Lancaster County Almshouse and Asylum]]
 
* [[Lancaster County Almshouse and Asylum]]
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* [[Lebanon County Almshouse]]
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* [[Lehigh County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Lock Haven City Poor House]]
 
* [[Lock Haven City Poor House]]
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* [[Madison Poor-House]]
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* [[McKean County Almshouse]]
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* [[Mercer County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Middle Coal Field Poor District Almshouse]]
 
* [[Middle Coal Field Poor District Almshouse]]
 
* [[Mifflin County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Mifflin County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Montgomery County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Montgomery County Almshouse]]
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* [[Montrose and Bridgewater Almshouse]]
 
* [[New Castle Poor-House]]
 
* [[New Castle Poor-House]]
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* [[New Milford Almshouse]]
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* [[Northampton County Almshouse]]
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* [[Northern Luzerne Poor-House]]
 
* [[Oxford and Lower Dublin Poor-House]]
 
* [[Oxford and Lower Dublin Poor-House]]
 
* [[Perry County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Perry County Almshouse]]
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* [[Philadelphia Almshouse]]
 
* [[Pittsburgh City Farm]]
 
* [[Pittsburgh City Farm]]
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* [[Ransom Poor-House]]
 
* [[Roxborough Poor-House]]
 
* [[Roxborough Poor-House]]
 
* [[Schuylkill County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Schuylkill County Almshouse]]
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* [[Sesquehanna Boro and Oakland Township Almshouse]]
 
* [[Somerset County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Somerset County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Sunbury Poor-House]]
 
* [[Sunbury Poor-House]]
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* [[The Rouse Hospital]]
 
* [[Tioga County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Tioga County Almshouse]]
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* [[Valley Township Poor-House]]
 
* [[Venango County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Venango County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Washington County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Washington County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Westmoreland County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Westmoreland County Almshouse]]
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* [[Williamsport City Poor-House]]
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* [[York County Almshouse]]
  
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== Prisons and Juvenile Centers ==
  
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* House of Refuge for Colored Children
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* Pennsylvania Reform School
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* Philadelphia House of Refuge
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* [[Sleighton Farm School]]
  
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== Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation ==
  
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* Malvern Institute
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* Penn Foundation
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* Livengrin Foundation
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* Keystone Treatment Center
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* Gaudenzia Treatment Center
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* Valley Forge Medical Center
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* White Deer Run
  
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== Orphanages ==
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* [[Sleighton School]]
  
 
[[Category:United States of America]]
 
[[Category:United States of America]]

Latest revision as of 10:53, 15 May 2023

Pennsylvania
Flag of Pennsylvania State seal of Pennsylvania
Flag of Pennsylvania Seal of Pennsylvania
Nickname(s): Keystone State; Quaker State;
Coal State; Oil State; State of Independence
Motto(s): Virtue, Liberty and Independence
Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted
General State Information
Capital Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Largest city Philadelphia
Total Square Miles 46,055 sq mi
(119,283 km2)
State Width 280 miles (455 km)
State Length 160 miles (255 km)
Current Population Statistics
Total State Population 12,787,209 (2014 est)
Total Mental Health Population 1,400 (2012)
 - Past Maximum Population 43,383 in 1947
Current Institution Statistics
Total Number Of Institutions 9
 - Public Institutions 7
 - Private Institutions 2
Past Mental Health Institutions Total
Peak Number of Institutions 47 in 1947
 - State Hospitals 24 in 1947
 - State Schools 9 in 1947
 - Private Institutions 4 in 1947


State Hospitals[edit]

State Schools[edit]

Institutions for the Disabled[edit]

  • Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
  • Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind
  • Pennsylvania State Oral School for the Deaf
  • Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind Men
  • Western Pennsylvania Institution of the Deaf and Dumb

State Sanatoriums for Tuberculosis[edit]

Private Sanatoriums for Tuberculosis[edit]

State Hospitals for Miners[edit]

Federal Government Institutions[edit]

Private Insane Hospitals and Sanitariums[edit]

Large Psychiatric Facilities

Small Psychiatric Facilities

County/City/District Almshouses[edit]

Prisons and Juvenile Centers[edit]

  • House of Refuge for Colored Children
  • Pennsylvania Reform School
  • Philadelphia House of Refuge
  • Sleighton Farm School

Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation[edit]

  • Malvern Institute
  • Penn Foundation
  • Livengrin Foundation
  • Keystone Treatment Center
  • Gaudenzia Treatment Center
  • Valley Forge Medical Center
  • White Deer Run

Orphanages[edit]

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