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Corry is a city in northwestern Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 6,210, and it is the second largest city in Erie County. The city became famous in the late-19th and early-20th centuries for being the manufacturer of Climax locomotives. == History == Erie County was formed from parts of Allegheny County on March 12, 1800. On May 27, 1861, tracks 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". Land at the junction was owned by Hiram Cory, who sold a portion to the Atlantic and Great Western in October 1861. The railroad built a ticket office at the junction and named it for Cory, but through a misspelling it became Corry. The combination of railroad growth and the first national oil wells developed by Edwin Drake for the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company in nearby 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 Corry Area Historical Society, Inc.