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* [[Bedford County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Bedford County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Berks County Almshouse]]
 
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* [[Blakely Poor-House]]
 
* [[Blair County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Blair County 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 Poor-House]]
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* [[Central Poor District Almshouse]]
 
* [[Chester County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Chester County Almshouse]]
 
* [[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]]
 
* [[Dauphin County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Dauphin County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Erie County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Erie County Almshouse]]
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* [[Fayette County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Franklin County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Franklin County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Germantown Poor-House]]
 
* [[Germantown Poor-House]]
 
* [[Greene County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Greene County Almshouse]]
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* [[Hillside Farm and Almshouse]]
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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]]
 
* [[New Castle Poor-House]]
 
* [[New Castle Poor-House]]
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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]]
 
* [[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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* [[Washington County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Washington County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Westmoreland County Almshouse]]
 
* [[Westmoreland County Almshouse]]
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* [[Williamsport City Poor-House]]
  
  

Revision as of 00:33, 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 Almshouses and Poor Farms