Altoona, PA
Blair County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 122,822. Its county seat is Hollidaysburg, and its largest city is Altoona.- Type: Economic region with 130,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan area in Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “11020”, “Altoona metro area”, “Altoona metropolitan area”, “Altoona metropolitan statistical area”, “Altoona MSA”, “Altoona, PA Metro Area”, “Altoona, PA metropolitan area”, “Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area”, and “Altoona, PA MSA”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Peoples Natural Gas Field and Leap-The-Dips.
Peoples Natural Gas Field
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Peoples Natural Gas Field is a 7,210-seat baseball-only stadium in Altoona, Pennsylvania, that opened in 1999. It is the home ballpark of the Eastern League's Altoona Curve Minor League Baseball team. Peoples Natural Gas Field is situated 2½ miles west of Altoona, PA.
Leap-The-Dips
Roller coaster
Photo: Oldano, Public domain.
Leap-The-Dips is a wooden roller coaster located at Lakemont Park near Altoona, Pennsylvania. Built in 1902 by the Federal Construction Company and designed by E. Leap-The-Dips is situated 2½ miles west of Altoona, PA.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Altoona and Lakemont.
Altoona
Photo: Bossi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Altoona is a city in central Pennsylvania. Altoona was founded as a railroad town by the Pennsylvania Railroad as the site of their Altoona Works shops, and its history as a railroad town still shows in the town today despite the decline of the railroad and its eventual absorption into Penn Central, Conrail, and now Norfolk Southern.
Lakemont
Hamlet
Lakemont is a census-designated place in Allegheny and Logan Townships in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located to the east of I-99 and is located between Altoona and Hollidaysburg. Lakemont is situated 2 miles west of Altoona, PA.
Greenwood
Hamlet
Greenwood is a census-designated place in Logan Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located near I-99 and is adjacent in the northeast to the city of Altoona. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,458 residents. Greenwood is situated 4 miles north of Altoona, PA.
Altoona, PA
- Category: metropolitan statistical area
- Location: Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Spanish—“Altoona, PA” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “metropola areo Altoona”
- German: “Metropolregion Altoona”
- Japanese: “アルトゥーナ都市圏”
- Slovenian: “metropolitansko območje Altoona”
- Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Altoona”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Altoona”
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