State College

Summary

State College is a home rule municipality of Pennsylvania^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of home_rule_municipality_of_pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,337 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• State College is located in Centre County^[3].
• State College is in the country of United States^[4].
• State College's head of government is recorded as Ezra Nanes^[5].
• State College's instance of is recorded as home rule municipality of Pennsylvania^[6].
• State College's instance of is recorded as academic enclave^[7].
• State College's instance of is recorded as borough of Pennsylvania^[8].
• State College's postal code is recorded as 16801^[9].
• State College's postal code is recorded as 16803^[10].
• State College's postal code is recorded as 16804^[11].
• State College's postal code is recorded as 16805^[12].
• State College's Commons category is recorded as State College, Pennsylvania^[13].
• State College's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone^[14].
• State College's local dialing code is recorded as 814^[15].
• 1896 marks the founding of State College^[16].
• State College's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.791388888889, 'lon': -77.858611111111}^[17].
• State College's official website is recorded as https://www.statecollegepa.us/^[18].
• State College's topic's main category is recorded as Category:State College, Pennsylvania^[19].
• State College has a population of {'amount': '+40501'}^[20].
• State College has a population of {'amount': '+851'}^[21].
• State College has a population of {'amount': '+1425'}^[22].
• State College has a population of {'amount': '+2405'}^[23].
• State College has a population of {'amount': '+4450'}^[24].
• State College has a population of {'amount': '+6226'}^[25].
• State College has a population of {'amount': '+17227'}^[26].
• State College has a population of {'amount': '+22409'}^[27].

Body

Geography

State College is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in Centre County^[3].

Physical Characteristics

State College covers an area of {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+4.56'}^[28]. It sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+352'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+40501'}^[20], {'amount': '+851'}^[21], {'amount': '+1425'}^[22], {'amount': '+2405'}^[23], {'amount': '+4450'}^[24], and {'amount': '+6226'}^[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include home rule municipality of Pennsylvania^[6], academic enclave^[7], and borough of Pennsylvania^[8].

History and Context

1896 marks the founding of State College^[16].

Why It Matters

State College ranks in the top 6% of home_rule_municipality_of_pennsylvania entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,337 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]