Norristown

county seat of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Norristown

Summary

Norristown is a home rule municipality of Pennsylvania[1]. Norristown draws 293 Wikipedia views per month (home_rule_municipality_of_pennsylvania category, ranking #3 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Norristown is located in Montgomery County[3].
  • Norristown is in the country of United States[4].
  • Norristown's image is recorded as Main & Swede Streets May 2011, Norristown, PA.jpg[5].
  • Norristown's instance of is recorded as home rule municipality of Pennsylvania[6].
  • Norristown's instance of is recorded as county seat[7].
  • Norristown's instance of is recorded as borough of Pennsylvania[8].
  • Norristown's twinned administrative body is recorded as Montella[9].
  • Norristown's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157080424[10].
  • Norristown's GND ID is recorded as 4117920-1[11].
  • Norristown's locator map image is recorded as Norristown Montgomery County.png[12].
  • Norristown's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50079959[13].
  • Norristown's IdRef ID is recorded as 257040587[14].
  • Norristown's postal code is recorded as 19401[15].
  • Norristown's postal code is recorded as 19403[16].
  • Norristown's postal code is recorded as 19404[17].
  • Norristown's Commons category is recorded as Norristown, Pennsylvania[18].
  • Norristown's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 187789[19].
  • Norristown's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[20].
  • +1682-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Norristown[21].
  • Norristown's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1213641[22].
  • Norristown's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1215475[23].
  • Norristown's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.12, 'lon': -75.3417}[24].
  • Norristown's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_75d[25].
  • Norristown's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 4254656[26].
  • Norristown's official website is recorded as http://www.norristown.org[27].

Body

Geography

Norristown is in the country of United States[4]. Norristown is located in Montgomery County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+3.61'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+9.345418'}[29]. Norristown's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+41'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+34324'}[31] and {'amount': '+35748'}[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include home rule municipality of Pennsylvania[6], county seat[7], and borough of Pennsylvania[8].

History and Context

+1682-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Norristown[21].

Why It Matters

Norristown draws 293 Wikipedia views per month (home_rule_municipality_of_pennsylvania category, ranking #3 of 17).[2] Norristown has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Norristown is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [3] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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