Talk:List of cities in Pennsylvania

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Cities are well-defined

Cities in Pennsylvania are a well-defined political entity in the state. They must be chartered as such. Just because you know a borough, township, or CDP that is important to you, that does not mean it is a city. Please stop adding incorrect information. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Riehlj (talk • contribs).

Agree how ever i don't think that it going to keep the yokoles who edit w/o accounts from adding them, so periodic checking will be required. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 01:51, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Over this weekend I'll see if I can craft a table for this article akin to the one in the List of cities in New York article. If the yokels who add boroughs, etc. have to add more than just the name, it'll probably cut way down on the "let's stick in King of Prussia" edits. Dralwi k|^{Have a Chat} 19:39, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is Latrobe a city? DangApricot (talk) 19:55, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Latrobe is a home rule municipality that is styled as a city (i.e., the word "City" is in its corporate name) but is not classified as a city by the Commonwealth. It was originally incorporated as a borough, and did not meet the 10,000 population requirement to become a city of the third class at the time it adopted its home rule charter in the 1990s. GeoMac (talk) 07:42, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

More context: this is not the only situation where there is a mismatch between the municipality type in a home rule municipality's name and how it is classified. There are some home rule municipalities styled as towns (Greenville, McCandless) that still retain their prior classifications according to the DCED's municipalities list (Bloomsburg is considered a town as it was so chartered by the General Assembly).

See https://dced.pa.gov/local-government/municipal-statistics/municipalities/ GeoMac (talk) 07:47, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Optional Plans

Article text says three cities have optional plans, but table only shows two (DuBois and Hazleton). What's the other one supposed to be? john k (talk) 15:00, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It also says 24 third class cities have home rule charters, but I only count 22 on the table. Can anyone clarify? john k (talk) 15:12, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

State College

State College has a home rule charter and describes itself as a borough - it has a borough council. I am removing it from this list. --SV Resolution(Talk) 14:53, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Which cities are second class?

The top paragraph says that Allentown is "second class A" and all other cities are third class, but in the table Scranton is listed as second class while Allentown is third class. This is inconsistent, right? I think one of these must be an error. Ixionid (talk) 00:48, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Someone swapped out Scranton for Allentown in March; however, that's not correct. Scranton remains the only second class A city despite several other cities having passed it in population. GeoMac (talk) 22:54, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]