Cambria, Pennsylvania

Cambria was a Welsh-American farming colony in Pennsylvania, founded during the 1790s by 50 immigrants from the village of Llanbrynmair on land purchased by Baptist minister Morgan John Rhys.[1]

The settlement was given a Latin name meaning "Wales".

According to Marcus Tanner, Cambria is the first such Welsh-speaking community in the United States. Beginning in 1801, migrants from Cambria began to move West to found the Welsh-American settlement at Paddy's Run, which is now the site of Shandon, Ohio.[2]

See also

References
  1. Marcus Tanner (2004), The Last of the Celts, Yale University Press. Page 325.
  2. Marcus Tanner (2004), The Last of the Celts, Yale University Press. Page 325.


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