Newry, PA

Newry is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The 2020 census counted 231 residents. Newry is part of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area and one of the communities comprising the Altoona Urban Area. Newry was named after Newry in Northern Ireland. Both attract visitors from across the Altoona metropolis and greatly benefit the church and school. The short version is that Newry carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Newry: its past remains attached to the places people use now. The town was founded in 1793 by Patrick Cassidy, an Irish immigrant who named it after his hometown. During the late 18th century, Patrick Cassidy, a native of Newry, Ireland and an American soldier in the American Revolutionary War, purchased three hundred acres of land in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. This is now known as Blair County.