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Williamsport

city in and county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Summary

Williamsport is a city of Pennsylvania[1]. Williamsport draws 1,533 Wikipedia views per month (city of pennsylvania category, ranking #16 of 54).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lycoming County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Derek Slaughter[5]
  • Instance of: county seat[6], optional charter municipality of Pennsylvania[7]
  • Shares border with: Salladasburg[8]
  • Flag: flag of Williamsport, Pennsylvania[9]
  • Twinned administrative body: Ma'ale Adumim[10]
  • Postal code: 17701[11], 17702[12], 17703[13], 17705[14]
  • Commons category: Williamsport, Pennsylvania[15]
  • Local dialing code: 570[16]
  • Inception: 1769[17]
  • Coordinate location: 41.2444, -77.0186[18]
  • Official website: http://www.cityofwilliamsport.org/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Williamsport, Pennsylvania[20]
  • Population: 29,381[21], 27,754[22]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Williamsport, Pennsylvania[23]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25]
  • Capital of: Lycoming County[26]
  • Official name: City of Williamsport[27], Williamsport[28]
  • Motto text: the WILL is in us[29]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Williamsport, Pennsylvania[30]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Williamsport, Pennsylvania[31]
  • Number of households: 11,505[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Williamsport, Pennsylvania[33]
  • Elevation above sea level: 158[34]

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Physical Characteristics

Areas include 24.42[35] and 24.416133[36].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Williamsport include Williamsport Regional Airport[37], an airport[38], in United States[39].

Why It Matters

Williamsport has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Williamsport is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for Williamsport include Williamsport Regional Airport[37], an airport[38], in United States[39].

Related Entities

Ma'ale Adumim United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → williamsport
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: williamsport, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289965508|williamsport (#289965508)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Territory overlaps → Williamsport urban area
    Area → {'amount': '+24.42'}, {'amount': '+24.416133'}
    Water as percent of area → {'amount': '+7.3841'}
    Aliases → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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