Penn Estates is a census-designated place located in Stroud and Pocono Townships in Monroe County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is located...
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University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States...
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and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era. Penn, an advocate of democracy and religious freedom, was...
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Penn Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn Township, officially known as the Township of Penn, was named after...
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The Pennsylvania State University (commonly referred to as Penn State and sometimes by the acronym PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research...
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Penn Hills is a township with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 41,059 as of the 2020 census. A suburb...
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Pennsylvania Station (often abbreviated to Penn Station) was a historic railroad station in New York City that was built for, named after, and originally...
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The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Penn Central...
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Pennsylvania Station (also known as New York Penn Station or simply Penn Station) is the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest...
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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Carey Law, or Penn Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy...
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the father of William Penn, founder of the colonial Province of Pennsylvania, which is now the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Penn was born in St Thomas...
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Pennsylvania (/ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪniə/ PEN-sil-VAY-nee-ə, lit. 'Penn's forest country'), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch: Pennsilfaani)...
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Margaret Penn (née Callowhill; 11 February 1671 – 20 December 1726) was an Anglo-American governor. The second wife of Pennsylvania founder William Penn, she...
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Penn Valley is an unincorporated community located within Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn Valley residents share a zip code with...
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The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land...
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William Penn Jr. (14 March 1681 – 23 June 1720) was the eldest surviving son of William Penn, proprietor and founder of the colony of Pennsylvania. Penn was...
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John Penn (14 July 1729 – 9 February 1795) was an English-born colonial administrator who served as the last governor of colonial Pennsylvania, serving...
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near Amersham.[citation needed] In late 1665, Penn's father had sent Penn to Ireland to manage his estates in County Cork. While there, his 'convincement'...
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Thomas Penn (19 March 1702 [O.S. 8 March 1702] – 21 March 1775) was an English landowner and mercer who was the chief proprietor of Pennsylvania from 1746...
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Penn State Wilkes-Barre is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Lehman Township, Pennsylvania. In May 1915, two Penn State...
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Penn State Abington is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University located in Abington, Pennsylvania. The campus is set on 45 acres (180...
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John Penn (22 February 1760 – 21 June 1834) was an English politician and writer who was the chief proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1775...
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The University of Pennsylvania Press, also known as Penn Press, is a university press affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university...
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Penn State Hazleton is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University located in Sugarloaf Township, Pennsylvania. It has an enrollment of...
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In 1967, Pennsylvania enacted a law allowing thoroughbred horse racing with parimutuel wagering. Two companies that later formed part of Penn National...
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The Hotel Pennsylvania was a hotel at 401 Seventh Avenue (15 Penn Plaza) in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, across from Pennsylvania Station and Madison...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. This community consists of approximately 650 private homes built from 1920 to 1949. Blackridge Estates was and remains...
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Leedom Estates is a small unincorporated community in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, founded in 1867. It sits alongside Interstate 95 south of Philadelphia...
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Pennsbury Manor, William Penn's house in Pennsylvania, Parshall wrongly thinking that these Penns shared a connection with Pennsylvania. Penn is reputedly haunted...
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exception of several periodic skirmishes. William Penn, who later founded the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania, one of the initial Thirteen Colonies, was...
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