Amsterdam, Pennsylvania

Amsterdam is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1]

Abandoned Greek Revival house on Pennsylvania Route 258

History

A large share of the early settlers being natives of Holland caused the name Amsterdam to be selected.[2]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Amsterdam, Pennsylvania
  2. White, John G. (1909). A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 161.



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