Cressona (Pa.)
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Name (Latin)
Cressona (Pa.)
Coordinates
-76.1931 -76.1931 40.6303 40.6303 (gooearth )
W0761134 W0761134 N0403736 N0403736 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
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Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 40°37ʹ36ʺN 076°11ʹ34ʺW)
- Merchant Maps. Maps of Schuylkill County with Schuylkill Haven, Cressona ... c1986:map recto (Cressona, Cressona Boro.)
- Rand McNally comm. atlas, 1985(Cressona, inc., in Schuylkill Co.)
Wikipedia description:
Cressona is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, Cressona had a population of 1,601. Formed in 1857 from part of North Manheim Township, it was founded by and named for John Chapman Cresson, a Philadelphia civil engineer and manager of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, president of the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad, and the chief engineer of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
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