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42-24000. Website. www.erie.pa.us. Erie (/ ˈɪəri /; EER-ee) is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in Pennsylvania and the most populous in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ][ 4 ] The Erie ...
Miles Nason, another Erie Prohibitionist, headed the Dry Block in the Pennsylvania State Senate. [8] But Erie was primarily a "wet" city. Being a border town, Erie was an important transportation hub in the rum-running of illicit liquor across the lake from Canada during Prohibition in the United States. John G. Carney, in his "Highlights of ...
Underappreciated: Hillside, McKinley, Columbus, Lighthouse, and Barbara Nitkiewicz Parks. Best playgrounds: Glenwood, Burton, Rodger Young, and Liberty Parks. Prettiest views: Chautauqua and Branch Parks have nice views of Lake Erie; Walczak Park has a panoramic view of city and lake; and Frontier Park has the arboretum.
In the city, the population was distributed by age, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.
Erie City Hall houses the mayor's office. This is a list of the people who have served as mayor of the city of Erie, Erie County, in northwestern Pennsylvania. Erie's city government consists of a mayor and a city council. The mayor's office includes an elected city treasurer and city controller. The mayor also served as the President of the ...
Economy of Erie, Pennsylvania. Erie, Pennsylvania is the Commonwealth's primary access point to Lake Erie, the Great Lakes, and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The city developed first as a maritime center after the American Revolution, as a railroad hub during the great American westward expansion, and as an important manufacturing center during ...
Website. eriecountypa.gov. Erie County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the northernmost county in Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 270,876. [1] Its county seat is Erie. [2] The county was created in 1800 and later organized in 1803. [3]
Michael Liebel, Jr., Mayor of Erie 1906–1911; Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 1915–1917; Reinhard Liebel, President of South Erie Iron Works; member of the Board of Fire Commissioners, Common Council and Select Council of Erie; Harry Markopolos, blew whistle in Madoff securities fraud