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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]]
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* [[Crawford County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Crawford County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Cumberland County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Cumberland County Almshouse]]
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* [[Danville and Mahoning Poor-House]]
 
* [[Dauphin County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Dauphin County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Erie County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Erie County Almshouse]]
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* [[Greene County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Greene County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Hillside Farm and Almshouse]]  
 
* [[Hillside Farm and Almshouse]]  
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* [[Honesdale and Texas Poor-House]]
 
* [[Huntingdon County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Huntingdon County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Kittanning Poor-House]]
 
* [[Kittanning Poor-House]]
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* [[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]]
 
* [[Northern Luzerne Poor-House]]
 
* [[Northern Luzerne Poor-House]]
 
* [[Oxford and Lower Dublin Poor-House]]
 
* [[Oxford and Lower Dublin Poor-House]]
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* [[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]]
 
* [[Williamsport City Poor-House]]
 
* [[Williamsport City Poor-House]]
 
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* [[York County Almshouse]]
  
  

Revision as of 00:45, 7 February 2012

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 12,604,767 (2009 est.)
Total Mental Health Population 1,772 (Dec 2009)
 - 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

State Schools

State Sanatoriums

Private Sanatoriums

State Hospitals for Miners

Private Hospitals

County/City/District Almshouses