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Johnstown is the largest city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. [6] . The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 census. Located 57 miles (92 km) east of Pittsburgh, it is the principal city of the Johnstown metropolitan area, which is located in Cambria County and had 133,472 residents in 2020. [7] .
Johnstown è una città degli Stati Uniti d'America, la maggiore della contea di Cambria, nello Stato della Pennsylvania . Indice. 1 Geografia fisica. 2 Storia. 3 Nella cultura di massa. 4 Altri progetti. 5 Collegamenti esterni. Geografia fisica. Si estende su una superficie di 15,7 km² e nel 2007 contava 21 832 abitanti . Storia.
Johnstown is the centre of a metropolitan area comprising more than 60 townships and boroughs. The area was the site of a Shawnee and Delaware Indian village before Joseph Johns, a Swiss Mennonite, founded the town in 1800. It was first known as Conemaugh (the old Indian name) until renamed in 1834 to honour the founder.
The Johnstown Flood, sometimes referred to locally as Great Flood of 1889, occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River, 14 miles (23 km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States.
The Johnstown flood of 1977 was a major flood which began on the night of July 19, 1977, when heavy rainfall caused widespread flash flooding in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, including the city of Johnstown and the Conemaugh Valley . On July 19, a deluge of rain hit the Johnstown area during the night.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Johnstown is a city in southwestern Pennsylvania. It is 70 miles east of Pittsburgh. At the 2020 census, 18,411 people lived there. [1] Major flooding hit in 1889, 1936 and 1977. The 1889 Johnstown Flood was especially bad.
The Stone Bridge spans the Conemaugh River in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The bridge is a seven-arch stone railroad bridge located on the Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1887–88. Its upstream face was reinforced with concrete in 1929.
