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Altoona is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 census . [ 9 ] It is the principal city of the Altoona metropolitan area , which includes all of Blair County and was recorded as having a population of 122,822 in 2020.
Altoona was incorporated as a borough in 1854, when it included approximately 2,000 residents. the population grew to over 10,000 by 1870 - partly as a result of demand for rail cars during the Civil War. Altoona was incorporated as a city in 1868. By 1880, Altoona's population had reached almost 20,000.
The city lies 45 miles (72 km) by road northeast of Johnstown. It was founded in 1849 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as a base for building railroads over the Alleghenies. Its name probably derives from the Cherokee word allatoona (“high lands of great worth”).
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The Downtown Altoona Historic District is located on the northwesterly side of the Pennsylvania Railroad yards, which historically divided the nineteenth-century city into two halves, one east of 9th Avenue, the other west of 10th Avenue.
History of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Altoona is a city in western Pennsylvania, located in Blair County about 100 miles east of Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania Railroad developed the city in 1849 as the point where locomotives would be switched on trains crossing the Alleghenies.
Historic Altoona, PA Landmarks. A selection of landmarks from 1909 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.
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July 24, 1992, August 20, 2004 (Boundary Increase) Downtown Altoona Historic District is a national historic district located at Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 240 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Altoona.
