PennDOT - Pennsylvania Municipality boundaries
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:Harrisburg, PA
Publisher:Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Online_Linkage: http://www.pasda.psu.edu
Originator:Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Cartographic Information Division
Publication_Date:202106

Abstract:
Boundaries of municipalities within Pennsylvania as delineated for the PennDOT Type 10 general highway maps. Additional information comes from the Pennsylvania Bureau of Municipal Services. This layer contains all classifications of municipality including first and second class townships, boroughs, cities and the town.
The shape file reflects a name change from Osborne borough to Glen Osborne borough in Allegheny county and a name change from Abington Township to Waverly Township in Lackawanna county. The shape file also reflects various municipal boundary line tweaks that have occurred since the 2011_01 update.
Purpose:
Public information and support for transportation planning, design and development.
Supplemental_Information:
This data is intended for use at 1:24,000 or smaller scale. This layer supercedes and replaces previous versions of padot-borough, padot-city-town, and padot-township.

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Any customized or value added versions of the files will contain the following disclaimer:

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Data source: 2015, 5-year average, American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau.

Notes: The Census Bureau does not provide data on every municipalities. Municipalities with very small populations are in some cases not reported.

The median housing value and median household income for Ferguson Township, Clearfield County is an average of the median housing value and household income of former Lumber City Borough and Ferguson Township.
A note of caution: A municipality can update information at any time after submission of a form. The Municipal Statistics site is built to reflect any data updates, the following day, in the Public Reports section of the Municipal Statistics site. http://munstats.pa.gov/public/