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Alum Bank Information:
Alum Bank is in Bedford county. Area zipcodes, with demographic data: 15521
Alum Bank area code: 814
Alum Bank latitude and longitude: 40.1806, 78.6096
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Although Swedes and Dutch were the first European settlers, William
Penn, a Quaker, named Pennsylvania in honor of his father by combining
the name Penn and the Latin term sylvania, which translates as
"woodlands," to come up with "Penn's woodlands." Known as the
"Keystone State," Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 colonies (it
entered the Union in 1787). Today, two major cities dominate the
state--Philadelphia, home of the Liberty Bell, Constitution Hall, and
a thriving metropolitan area, and Pittsburgh, a busy inland river
port. The Amish, a group of people who live without the use of modern
technology, live in the countryside of Pennsylvania. The capital is
Harrisburg and the state bird is the ruffed grouse.
Copyright: Library of Congress and CIA Fact Book.
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