Altoona, Pennsylvania

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The Fairview District of Altoona, Pa

Altoona is a city in south central Pennsylvania. At the 2020 census, 43,963 people lived there. The city was founded in 1849. It was incorporated in 1868.

Altoona, Pennsylvania Media

• Thaddeus M. Fowler - Penn'a R.R. Car Shop's, Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1895.jpg

  Altoona in 1895: a Pennsylvania Railroad town, a lithograph by Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler

• The Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania, by H.C. White Co. crop.jpg

  A stereo card of a train on the Horseshoe Curve, c. 1907

• The Fairview neighborhood in Altoona

• Altoona City Sections V2.jpg

  Map of Altoona neighborhoods

• Altoona Knickerbocker.JPG

  Knickerbocker and Tavern, Altoona, Pennsylvania

• UPMCAltoona.jpg

  UPMC Altoona serves as a regional hub of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center system.

• 1914 Board Track Car Passenger Side.jpg

  Car raced at Altoona's board track, Altoona Speedway

• Westbound Pennsylvanian at Altoona station, August 2022.jpg

  Amtrak's Pennsylvanian entering the Altoona Transportation Center as a Norfolk Southern Railway freight train passes through.

• Altoona AFD Station4.JPG

  Altoona Fire Department Station 4 and Engine 314