Loretto, Pennsylvania
| Loretto, Pennsylvania | |
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The main house, cascades, and gardens of "Immergrün", Charles M. Schwab's retreat in Loretto
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 Loretto
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| Coordinates: 40°30′23″N 78°38′10″W / 40.50639°N 78.63611°WCoordinates: 40°30′23″N 78°38′10″W / 40.50639°N 78.63611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Cambria |
| Settled | 1788 |
| Incorporated | 1845 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.96 sq mi (2.48 km2) |
| • Land | 0.96 sq mi (2.48 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,929 ft (588 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,302 |
| • Density | 1,360/sq mi (525.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 15940 |
| Area code(s) | 814 |
Loretto is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,302. Like the rest of Cambria County, it is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. Loretto is the home of Saint Francis University.
Loretto is located in east-central Cambria County at 40°30′23″N 78°38′10″W / 40.50639°N 78.63611°W (40.506355, -78.636066). It is 6 miles (10 km) east of Ebensburg, the Cambria County seat, and 17 miles (27 km) west of Altoona. Johnstown is 25 miles (40 km) to the southwest.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Loretto has a total area of 0.97 square miles (2.5 km2), all of it land.
Saint Francis University, an institute of higher learning with an enrollment of 2,210, occupies the southwest quadrant of the borough.
Loretto was founded in 1799 by Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin as the first English-speaking Roman Catholic settlement west of the Allegheny Front. He named it after the town of Loreto, Italy, site of a Catholic place of pilgrimage. Loretto was built adjoining the original settlement founded by Captain Michael McGuire, a Revolutionary War veteran, in 1788. In his will, Captain McGuire donated land to the Catholic Church on which Prince Gallitzin built St. Michael's Church in 1799.
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