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Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania, No. 17-647, 588 U.S. ___ (2019), was a case before the Supreme Court of the United States dealing with compensation for private property owners when the use of that property is taken from them by state or local governments, under the Due Process Clause and the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Most municipalities in Pennsylvania must follow state law except where the state has expressly given jurisdiction to the municipality, and are therefore subject to the Third Class City Code, the Borough Code, the First Class Township Code, the Second Class Township Code, or other acts for sui generis municipalities.
Local government in Pennsylvania is government below the state level in Pennsylvania. There are six types of local governments listed in the Pennsylvania Constitution: county, township, borough, town, city, and school district. [1][2] All of Pennsylvania is included in one of the state's 67 counties, which are in total subdivided into 2,560 ...
The wealthiest regions of Pennsylvania are the suburban counties bordering Philadelphia, the state's most populous city. As of 2020, the wealthiest county in Pennsylvania is Chester County with a $104,161 median household income followed by Montgomery County ($93,518) and Bucks County ($93,181). While there are wealthy locations in the suburbs ...
The following is a list of the 67 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, the municipalities having been consolidated in 1854, and all remaining county government functions having been merged into the city after a 1951 referendum. [1][2] Eight of the ten most populous ...
Cities gallery. Philadelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania and sixth-largest city in the United States with a population of 1.6 million. Pittsburgh, the second-largest city in Pennsylvania. Allentown, the third-largest city in Pennsylvania. Reading, the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania. Erie, the fifth-largest city in Pennsylvania.
As of the 2020 U.S. census, Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state with 13,002,700 inhabitants [ 1 ] and the 32nd-largest by land area spanning 44,742.70 square miles (115,883.1 km 2) of land. [ 2 ] Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties and contains 2,560 municipalities. Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated ...
Pittsburgh (/ ˈpɪtsbɜːrɡ / PITS-burg) is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, and the 68th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census. The city is located in southwestern Pennsylvania ...