Altoona, Pennsylvania

E412001
city municipality

Altoona, Pennsylvania is a historic city in central Pennsylvania known for its deep ties to the railroad industry and its role as a major rail transportation hub.

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Label Occurrences
Altoona, Pennsylvania canonical 17
Altoona 2
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 814 ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Blair County NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyCurrentlyIncludes education ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ
retail ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn railroad maintenance and manufacturing ⓘ
elevation approximately 1,160 feet ⓘ
foundedIn 1849 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 1192083 ⓘ
governingBody Altoona City Council ⓘ
governmentType third-class city (Pennsylvania) ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Penn State Altoona ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Downtown Altoona Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark ⓘ
hasLandmark Railroaders Memorial Museum, Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum

Baker Mansion ⓘ
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament ⓘ
Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark ⓘ
surface form: Horseshoe Curve

Peoples Natural Gas Field ⓘ
hasMajorHighway Interstate 99 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 22 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 220 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Altoona Curve ⓘ
historicallyServedByRailroad Conrail ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
historicalRole major maintenance and operations center for the Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
incorporatedAsBoroughIn 1854 ⓘ
incorporatedAsCityIn 1868 ⓘ
knownFor rail transportation hub ⓘ
railroad industry ⓘ
locatedIn central Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Allegheny Mountains ⓘ
namedAfter Altona, Holstein ⓘ
surface form: Altona, Germany
nearbyCity Johnstown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
State College, Pennsylvania ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea Altoona Metropolitan Statistical Area ⓘ
population approximately 43,000 (2020 census) ⓘ
postalCodeRange 16601–16603 ⓘ
servedByPassengerRail Amtrak ⓘ
servedByRailroad Norfolk Southern Railway ⓘ
sportsTeamLeague Eastern League ⓘ
surface form: Eastern League (Minor League Baseball)
state Pennsylvania ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Railroaders Memorial Museum, Altoona, Pennsylvania → locatedIn → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works → locatedIn → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania Railroad Altoona Works → servedCity → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Western Pennsylvania → hasMajorCity → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altoona
Allegheny Front → passesNear → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Central Pennsylvania → contains → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Central Pennsylvania → contains → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altoona metropolitan area
Charlie Crist → placeOfBirth → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
U.S. Route 422 → passesThrough → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Henry Beam Piper → placeOfBirth → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania → partOf → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altoona Metropolitan Statistical Area
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania → near → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvanian (train) → majorStop → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
John Pielmeier → placeOfBirth → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
U.S. Route 220 → passesNear → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Interstate 99 in Pennsylvania → passesNear → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Interstate 99 in Pennsylvania → servesCity → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Cresson, Pennsylvania → locatedNear → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
U.S. Route 22 → connectsCity → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Railroaders Memorial Museum, Inc. → locatedIn → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Railroaders Memorial Museum, Inc. → servesCommunity → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark → locatedIn → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark → nearCity → Altoona, Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altoona