Johnstown
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- Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, miles east of Pittsburgh and west-south west of Altoona, Pennsylvania. The population was 23,906 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County and Somerset County. As of July 1,2006, the Metropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 146,967.
Johnstown, settled in 1770, is perhaps most famous for its three flood. The "Great Flood" of May 31, 1889 occurred after the South Fork Dam collapsed 14 mile (22.53 km) upstream from the city during heavy rain. At least 2,209 people died as a result of the flood and subsequent fire that raged through the debris. Other major floods occurred in 1936 and 1977. Johnstown was formally organized as a town in 1800 by the Swiss German immigrant Joseph Johns (ne Josef Schantz). The settlement was initially known as Schantzstadt, but was soon anglicized to Johnstown. From 1834 to 1854, the...
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