Map of Loretto borough, Pennsylvania

Loretto is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,302. Like the rest of Cambria County, it is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. Loretto is the home of Saint Francis University.

Loretto borough overview:
Name:	Loretto borough
LSAD Code:	21
LSAD Description:	borough (suffix)
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Cambria County
Incorporated:	1845
Elevation:	1,952 ft (595 m)
Total Area:	0.98 sq mi (2.55 km²)
Land Area:	0.98 sq mi (2.55 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	1,196
Population Density:	1,215.45/sq mi (469.48/km²)
ZIP code:	15940
Area code:	814
FIPS code:	4244704
GNISfeature ID:	1215028

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History

Loretto was founded in 1799 by Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin as the first English-speaking Catholic settlement west of the Allegheny Front. He named it after the town of Loreto, Italy, site of a Catholic place of pilgrimage. Loretto was built adjoining the original settlement founded by Captain Michael McGuire, a Revolutionary War veteran, in 1788. In his will, Captain McGuire donated land to the Catholic Church on which Prince Gallitzin built St. Michael’s Church in 1799.

Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto, is a U.S. federal prison located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southeast of Loretto, on the site of a former Catholic seminary.

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Geography

Loretto is located in east-central Cambria County at 40°30′23″N 78°38′10″W / 40.50639°N 78.63611°W / 40.50639; -78.63611 (40.506355, -78.636066). It is 6 miles (10 km) east of Ebensburg, the Cambria County seat, and 17 miles (27 km) west of Altoona. Johnstown is 25 miles (40 km) to the southwest.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough of Loretto has a total area of 0.97 square miles (2.5 km), all land.

Saint Francis University, an institute of higher learning with an enrollment of 2,210, occupies the southwestern quadrant of the borough.