Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0No famous person from Point Township yet, but Rush Township next door has 2
937 of the towns in Pennsylvania list at least one person. Bethlehem has the most of any town in Pennsylvania: 78. After Bethlehem, the next longest list in Pennsylvania is Altoona’s, with 69. The best known born in Rush Township is Simon Peter Wolverton.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Point Township), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Point Township has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Point Township
The most names next door are in Rush Township: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Point Township and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (2)
- Simon Peter Wolverton: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Vandling Lesher: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons