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Altoona
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city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Blair County
- Incorporated borough
- February 6, 1854
- Mayor
- Matt Pacifico ( R )
- City
- 9.79 sq mi (25.36 km )
- Land
- 9.79 sq mi (25.36 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,161 ft (354 m)
- Density
- 4,490.2/sq mi (1,733.67/km )
- Urban
- 79,930
- Metro
- 121,829
- Demonym
- Altoonian
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 16601–16603
- Fips code
- 42-02184
- Website
- altoonapa.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- railway town
- Official name
- Altoona
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Blair County
- Population
- 57000
- Area
- 25.664659
- Elevation
- 368
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Official website
- www.altoonapa.gov
- Image
- Altoona Downtown from Brush Mountain.jpg
- Households
- 18545
- Dialing code
- 814
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Altoona, Pennsylvania
- twinned administrative body
- St. Pölten
- inception
- 1849-00-00
- Commons category
- Altoona, Pennsylvania
- topic's main category
- Category:Altoona, Pennsylvania
- postal code
- 16603
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Altoona, Pennsylvania
- P8168
- Zygmunt Menkes
- different from
- Altoona
- water area
- 0.004804
- water as percent of area
- 0.0187
- per capita income
- 25722
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Encyclopedic overview
Altoona (/ælˈtuːnə/ al-TOO-nə) is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Altoona metropolitan area, which includes all of Blair County and was recorded as having a population of 122,823.
Altoona was established in 1849 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Having grown around the railroad industry, the city has worked to recover from industrial decline and urban decentralization experienced in recent decades. The city is home to the Altoona Curve baseball team of the Eastern League, which is the AA affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team. They play at Peoples Natural Gas Field in Altoona. The Altoona Symphony Orchestra has called Altoona home since 1928. Prominent landmarks include the Horseshoe Curve, the Railroaders Memorial Museum, the Juniata Shops of the Altoona Works, the Mishler Theatre, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, and the Jaffa Shrine Center.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Altoona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.