Erie, Pennsylvania Erie, Pennsylvania City of Erie From top, left to right: Erie skyline; Presque Isle Light in Presque Isle State Park; statue of Oliver Hazard Perry; Bicentennial Tower; US Brig Niagara; Boston Store Flag of Erie, Pennsylvania Flag Official seal of Erie, Pennsylvania Nickname(s): The Bay City, The Flagship City, The Gem City, The Lake City Location in Erie County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Location in Erie County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Erie / ri/ is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the fourth-largest town/city in Pennsylvania, as well as the biggest city in Northwestern Pennsylvania., with a populace of 101,786 at the 2010 census. The estimated populace in 2016 had decreased to 100,055. The Erie urbane area, equivalent to all of Erie County, consists of 276,207 residents.
Over four million citizens visit Erie amid summer months for recreation at Presque Isle State Park, as well as attractions like an indoor water park, Waldameer Park, the casino and horse racetrack titled for the state park.
Erie is known as the "Flagship City" because of its status as the home port of Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship Niagara. The town/city has also been called the "Gem City" because of the sparkling lake. Erie won the All-America City Award in 1972, and in 2012 hosted the Perry 200, a commemoration, celebrating 200 years of peace between England, America and Canada following the War of 1812 and Battle of Lake Erie.
Main article: History of Erie, Pennsylvania The historic Iroquoian-speaking Erie Nation occupied this region before being defeated by the five nations of the Iroquois Confederacy in the 17th century amid the Beaver Wars.
Europeans first appeared as pioneer in the region when the French constructed Fort Presque Isle near present-day Erie in 1753, as part of their accomplishment to defend New France against the encroaching British colonists.
The name of the fort refers to the peninsula that juts into Lake Erie, now protected as Presque Isle State Park.
Present-day Erie is situated in what was the disputed Erie Triangle, a triangle of territory claimed after the American Revolutionary War by the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut (as part of its Western Reserve), and Massachusetts.
The Battle of Lake Erie played a part in the history of Erie.
State and 9th Streets in downtown Erie amid the early 1920s In an event known as the Erie Gauge War, the people of Erie, led by the mayor, set fire to bridges, ripped up track and rioted to try to stop the standardization. On August 3, 1915, the Mill Creek (Lake Erie) flooded downtown Erie.
Erie won the All-America City Award in 1972, and was a finalist in 1961, 1994, 1995 and 2009. Erie is situated in northwestern Pennsylvania at 42 6 52 N 80 4 34 W (42.114507, -80.076213), on the southern shore of Lake Erie athwart from the Canadian province of Ontario.
Stream drainage in the town/city flows northward into Lake Erie, then through Lake Ontario into the St.
South of Erie is a drainage divide, beyond which most of the streams in Pennsylvania flow south into the Allegheny or Ohio rivers. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 19.3 square miles (49.9 km2), with 19.1 square miles (49.4 km2) being territory and the remaining 0.2 square miles (0.5 km2), or 1.03%, being water. Presque Isle State Park (known to the locals as "The Peninsula"), juts into Lake Erie just north of the town/city limits and has 7 miles (11 km) of enhance beaches, wetlands, and fishing sites.
Erie is laid out in a grid encircling Perry Square in the downtown area. The downtown buildings are separated from the waterfront by the Bayfront Parkway. The tallest structure in Erie is St.
Millcreek Township and upper Peach Street in Summit Township include the Erie urbane area's newer developments.
On the east end of the waterfront, the Erie Maritime Museum and the city's chief library, and third biggest in Pennsylvania, host the USS Niagara.
Erie is positioned in the snow belt that stretches from Cleveland to Syracuse and Watertown; accordingly, its winters are typically cold, with heavy lake effect snow, but also with occasional stretches of mild weather that cause accumulated snow to melt.
Erie lies on the typical humid continental zone (Koppen Dfa). The town/city experiences a full range of weather affairs, including snow, ice, rain, thunderstorms and fog.
Erie is 6th on The Daily Beast list of snowiest places in the United States, averaging 78.7 inches (200 cm); however, the 1981 2010 normal cyclic snow flurry is 100.8 in (256 cm).
Erie was determined to be the snowiest town/city in the US in the 2013-2014 snow season.
Climate data for Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie International Airport), 1981 2010 normals, extremes 1873 present Main article: Demographics of Erie, Pennsylvania Demographics of Erie compared on the state and nationwide levels, as of 2010 Enumeration Erie Pennsylvania United States Erie has long been declining in populace due to the departure of factories and dependent businesses. The town/city has lost approximately 40,000 citizens since the early 1960s, allowing Allentown to claim the position as Pennsylvania's third-largest town/city behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Erie is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie, covering 13 counties at 9,936 square miles (25,734 km2), it is the biggest in the state.
According to the Association of Religion Date Archives, Erie County had a total populace of 280,843 citizens in 2000, of which 103,333 claimed affiliation with the Catholic Church, 40,301 with mainline Protestant homes of worship, and 12,980 with evangelical Protestant churches.
Main article: Economy of Erie, Pennsylvania Erie Forge & Steel factory in Erie at 16th and Greengarden Streets.
Erie is the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's major access point to Lake Erie, the Great Lakes, and the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Erie became an meaningful city for iron and steel manufacturing amid the Industrial Revolution and thrived well into the 20th century with big industry.
As of December 2010, Erie's unemployment rate was 8.9 percent, as compared to rates for Pennsylvania and the United States at 8.5 and 9.4 percent, in the order given. Erie is the corporate command posts of the Erie Insurance Group, and Marquette Savings Bank.
Lord Corporation was established and has primary operations in Erie. Along with GE and Erie Insurance, primary employers in the county include the county, state and federal governments, as well as the Erie City School District. Vincent, which affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in 2012, consolidated with Highmark's Allegheny Health Network in 2013. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs operates the Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center on East 38th Street.
The Erie Water Works, which was incorporated in 1865 as the Erie Water and Gas Company, includes a reservoir, two water treatment plants, and an elaborate water works and pipe network that provides water for most of the town/city and suburbs.
Sewage service in Erie is provided by the Erie Sewer Authority, and many outlying townships have partnerships with the Sewer Authority for service.
The time and temperature number in Erie is 452-6311 and was originally discontinued by Verizon in October 2008 before being restarted by a private individual two years later. The town/city of Erie and northwest Pennsylvania is positioned in region code 814.
The Lake Erie Ballet is a experienced business that performs well-known programs throughout the year. The Erie Civic Music Association attracts, sponsors, and books performances by experienced musicians, singers, entertainers, and ensembles from around the world. The Erie Art Museum is the city's chief art loggia, positioned in the Old Customshouse on State Street.
The Erie Art Museum also works on enhance art projects in an accomplishment to revitalize and advancement the city.
95 fiberglass fish were decorated by Erie artists and placed throughout the city.
Patrons paid $3,000 for a fish and the proceeds went to Gannon University's Scholarship Fund and the Erie Public Art Endowment Fund. The Erie Art Museum created a similar enhance art universal in 2004 that involved frogs clean water fish. In 2012, the Erie Art Museum began a universal to problematic forty creative and functional bike racks, designed and created by small-town artists. The exhibition's intentions are to add color and interest to downtown Erie and to promote bicycling, encouraging healthy lifestyles and surroundingal awareness. The downtown region is the home of the Erie Playhouse, one of the dominant improve theaters in the country, and the third earliest improve theater in the U.S.
It is 187 feet (57 m) tall and gives a panoramic view of Lake Erie and downtown.
Main article: Media in Erie, Pennsylvania Erie is served by Erie Times-News, the city's only daily newspaper.
The Nielsen Company rates Erie as 144 out of the 210 biggest tv market in the United States, as of the 2010 2011 report. The market is served by stations affiliated with primary American networks including WICU-TV 12 (NBC), WJET-TV 24 (ABC), WFXP 66 (FOX), WSEE-TV 35 (CBS), and WSEE-DT2 35.2 (CW).
Erie is also served by a several AM and FM airways broadcasts based in the city, and dozens of other stations are received from elsewhere.
Main article: Sports in Erie, Pennsylvania The Erie Illusion is a member of the United States Women's Football League.
The Mercyhurst Ice Center, the JMC Ice Arena, Family First Sports Park, and Erie Veterans Memorial Stadium are many sports arenas and stadiums available in and around the city.
The Lake Erie Speedway, a 3 8-mile (0.6 km) NASCAR sanctioned race track is positioned in Greenfield Township.
Erie Sea - Wolves EL Baseball UPMC Park 1995 0 Erie Bay - Hawks NBA D-League Basketball Erie Insurance Arena 2008 0 Erie Otters OHL Ice hockey Erie Insurance Arena 1996 1 Erie Illusion USWFL Women's football Erie Veterans Memorial Stadium 2003 0 See also: List of town/city parks of Erie, Pennsylvania Erie's locale along the shores of Lake Erie provides a plethora of outside activities throughout the year.
Downtown Erie is surrounded by Presque Isle State Park, a National Natural Landmark. The Seaway Trail runs through downtown Erie along the lakefront.
Other tourist destinations include the Bayfront Convention Center; the Bicentennial Tower that overlooks Lake Erie; Dobbins Landing, a pier in downtown Erie; the Erie Land Light, and the Erie Maritime Museum, the home port of the Niagara.
The 2,600,000-square-foot (240,000 m2) Millcreek Mall, one of the biggest shopping malls in the United States, is positioned on Peach Street in close-by Millcreek Township. The indoor waterpark Splash Lagoon, in Summit Township, is the biggest indoor waterpark on the East Coast and third biggest in the United States. Waldameer Park, positioned at the base of Presque Isle, is the fourth earliest amusement park in Pennsylvania, and the tenth earliest in the United States. See also: List of mayors of Erie, Pennsylvania and List of Members of Congress who have represented Erie, Pennsylvania The Erie Municipal Building on State Street The town/city of Erie is incorporated as a 3rd class town/city under Pennsylvania law. Incorporated under an "optional charter", the town/city is governed by a mayor council government.
Sinnott (D) is the mayor of the town/city of Erie and was first propel in 2005.
As of July 2016, the Erie City Council consists of: In exchange for tax revenue, the town/city of Erie provides its inhabitants with police and fire protection.
The Erie Police Department provides law enforcement in the town/city and presently has a complement of 173 sworn personnel under the direct oversight of Chief of Police Donald Dacus.
The City of Erie Fire Department is a full-time longterm position fire department and employs around 150 uniformed personnel.
Erie is the biggest city in Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional precinct and is presently represented in Congress by Republican Mike Kelly, who was propel in 2010.
Republican Dan Laughlin of the 49th District represents Erie in the Pennsylvania State Senate.
The town/city of Erie is split by the 1st and 2nd Districts of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is represented by Democrats Patrick Harkins and Florindo Fabrizio, in the order given. See also: Higher education in Erie, Pennsylvania Erie Public Schools enroll 12,527 students in major and secondary grades. The precinct has 23 enhance schools including elementary, middle, high, and one charter school.
The City of Erie is served by four enhance high schools, Central Tech High School, East High School, Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy, Strong Vincent High School, three Catholic high schools Cathedral Preparatory School, Mercyhurst Preparatory School, and Villa Maria Academy.
Erie County is served by Mc - Dowell High School, Harborcreek High School, and Iroquois High School in adjoining Millcreek Township, Harbocreek Township, and Lawrence Park Township, in the order given.
Additional enhance Erie County high schools include: Fairview High School, Girard High School, Northwestern High School, General Mc - Lane High School, Seneca High School, Fort Le - Boeuf High School, North East High School, and Corry High School.
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM), a large medical school, with branch campuses in Bradenton, Florida and Greensburg, Pennsylvania, has the biggest enrollments of medical students in the country, with over 3,000. Other notable universities in the Erie region include Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Gannon University, a Catholic university, situated in downtown Erie.
Ranking Erie town/city and county officials, as well as officials of the Erie School District, began looking into the need for a improve college in the Erie region in 2006. As of January 2008, county officials and delegates of Penn State-Behrend, Mercyhurst and Gannon were in serious discussions expected to lead to the creation of Northwest Pennsylvania Community College by September 2009.
Erie is also home of the Barber National Institute and its Elizabeth Lee Black School, which provides services and education for kids and grownups with mental disabilities.
Erie is home to its chief campus, and it provides services in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The Achievement Center also serves the needs of kids from birth to age 21 with physical and mental community disabilities.
The enhance libraries in Erie are part of the Erie County library system.
Memorial Library, titled for its benefactor, opened in 1996. It is the third biggest library in Pennsylvania. It is connected to the Erie Maritime Museum, both of which are part of a bayfront enhancement universal that includes the Bayfront Convention Center and the Bicentennial Tower on Dobbins Landing.
Main article: Transportation in Erie, Pennsylvania The end for Interstate 86, also called the "Southern Tier Expressway," is at Interstate 90 between Erie and North East, Pennsylvania.
The Bayfront Connector runs from Interstate 90 in Harborcreek to the Bayfront Parkway and downtown Erie, along the east side of the city, then joins to Interstate 79 on the west side of the city.
Other primary routes running through Erie are Pennsylvania Route 5, known as the Seaway Trail and is made up of parts of 6th Street, 8th Street, 12th Street, and East Lake Road in the city, U.S.
The Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority (EMTA) operates the city's transit bus system, known as the 'e'.
Erie International Airport / Tom Ridge Field (IATA code: ERI; IACO code: KERI) is positioned 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the town/city and hosts general aviation, charter, and airline service.
Destinations with non-stop flights out of Erie include Chicago O'Hare International Airport via United Airlines, Philadelphia International Airport via US Airways and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport via Delta Air Lines.
The Port of Erie is positioned on Presque Isle Bay, a natural harbor formed by Presque Isle.
The Erie Western Pennsylvania Port Authority provides water taxi service in the summer months between Dobbins Landing and Liberty Park in downtown Erie, and the Waterworks ferry landing on Presque Isle. Transportation */ Recently made shifts to bus fares in 2015 Erie has four official sister metros/cities as designated by Sister Cities International: List of citizens from Erie, Pennsylvania a b "Interesting Facts about Erie County".
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