Erie Region
Pennsylvania's Erie Region is aptly named; Erie is its largest city and Lake Erie is the huge inland sea on its doorstep. The area claims a population just short of 1 million people with steady increases since the last census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Erie and Meadville.
Erie
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Erie is a city of about 100,000 in Northwestern Pennsylvania. It is Pennsylvania's only lake port on the Great Lakes.
Meadville
Franklin
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Franklin is a city in Venango County, in the Erie Region of Pennsylvania. Franklin, Titusville and Oil City, make up the Oil Region. Although the town remains rather quiet, the oil boom has left the city with many historic buildings.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Oil City and Titusville.
Oil City
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Oil City is the largest city in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. Known for its prominence in the initial exploration and development of the petroleum industry, it is located at a bend in the Allegheny River at the mouth of Oil Creek.
Titusville
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Titusville is a city in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, with a population of about 5,400 in 2017. Titusville is where the modern oil industry began.
Grove City
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Grove City is a borough in southeastern Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States, located approximately 60 miles north of Pittsburgh and 75 miles south of Erie.
Erie Region
Latitude of center
41.8716° or 41° 52′ 18″ northLongitude of center
-79.4421° or 79° 26′ 32″ westWikidata ID
Q14913961
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In Other Languages
“Erie Region” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “אירי רבתי”
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