Loretto is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Loretto is located at 40°30′23″N 78°38′10″W / 40.50639°N 78.63611°W / 40.50639; -78.63611 (40.506355, -78.636066).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.6 km²), all of it land.
Loretto is home to Saint Francis University, an institute of higher le...
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Loretto is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Loretto is located at 40°30′23″N 78°38′10″W / 40.50639°N 78.63611°W / 40.50639; -78.63611 (40.506355, -78.636066).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.6 km²), all of it land.
Loretto is home to Saint Francis University, an institute of higher learning with an enrollment of 2,166.
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.
Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto, is a U.S. federal prison located in Loretto.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,190 people, 133 households, and 82 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,167.3 people per square mile (450.5/km²). There were 153...
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