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  1. Erie County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the northernmost county in Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 270,876. [1] . Its county seat is Erie. [2] . The county was created in 1800 and later organized in 1803. [3] . The county is part of the Northwest Pennsylvania region of the state. [a]

  2. Erie County derives its name from the Eriez Indians, who settled on the fertile lake shore. In the mid 1600s, the Eriez tribe was conquered and destroyed by the Iroquois Confederacy. A century later, the French built Fort Presque Isle, on Presque Isle Bay in the modern-day City of Erie, to shore up their campaign to seize control of the region.

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