Editing Corry, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Erie County was formed from parts of [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]] on March&nbsp;12, 1800.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hottenstein |first=JoAnne |last2=Welch |first2=Sibyl |chapter=Erie County |title=Incorporation dates of Pennsylvania municipalities |year=1965 |publisher=Bureau of Municipal Affairs, Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs |location=[[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]] |chapter-url=http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/counties/pdfs/Venango.pdf |access-date=June 15, 2011}}</ref> On May&nbsp;27, 1861, [[track (rail transport)|track]]s owned by the [[Atlantic and Great Western Railroad]] intersected with those of the [[Sunbury and Erie Railroad]] and was called the "Atlantic and Erie Junction".<ref name="etn">{{Cite news |last=Springirth |first=Kenneth |title=Railroads that helped Corry thrive could be key to city's prosperity |date=June 13, 2011 |newspaper=[[Erie Times-News]] |url=http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110613/OPINION08/306139991/-1/etn02 |access-date=June 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>Bates, p. 809.</ref> Land at the junction was owned by Hiram Cory, who sold a portion to the Atlantic and Great Western in October&nbsp;1861. The railroad built a ticket office at the junction and named it for Cory, but through a misspelling it became Corry.<ref name="etn"/>

The combination of railroad growth and the first national oil wells developed by [[Edwin Drake]] for the [[Pennsylvania oil rush#The Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company|Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company]] in nearby [[Titusville, Pennsylvania|Titusville]] contributed greatly to Corry's development. This boomtown was chartered as a borough in 1863 and designated as a city in 1866.  Industry has played a big part in Corry's growth, and the [https://www.corryareahistoricalsociety.org/ Corry Area Historical Society, Inc.] maintains a museum where one of the [[Climax locomotive]]s (the steam engine used in logging operations that brought fame to Corry) is on display. Since 2020 a "Class A" Climax locomotive is being restored at a location near the original locomotive works by a local non-profit organization set up for this project.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Last, John |url=https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/45499160/restoration-of-historic-locomotive-keeps-moving-forward |title=Restoration of Historic Locomotive Keeps Moving Forward |work=Erie News Now |date=December 12, 2021 |access-date=June 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://corryrails.com/ |title=Corry Rail & Industrial Legacy Society & Museum |access-date=June 12, 2023}}</ref>

Corry has been named a [[Tree City USA]] for seven consecutive years.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sear |first=Stephen |title=Tree City honors roll 7 in Corry |date=April 20, 2011 |newspaper=The Corry Journal |url=http://www.thecorryjournal.com/articles/2011/04/20/news/doc4daf15ace5a5d044338755.txt |access-date=June 15, 2011}}</ref>

The [[Corry Armory]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1991.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>