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Corry was founded in 1861 where the tracks of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad intersected those of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad, at a junction first called the Atlantic and Erie Junction.

Corry got its name by accident — the railroad named its new station for landowner Hiram Cory, but a spelling error turned 'Cory' into 'Corry.'

Corry was chartered as a borough in 1863 and designated a city in 1866, and it remains one of only two cities in Erie County, alongside Erie itself.

Corry became famous in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as the manufacturer of Climax locomotives, the geared steam engines used on logging railroads around the world.

Corry's early boom was fueled by the combination of its railroads and Edwin Drake's first oil wells for the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company in nearby Titusville.

Corry is the second-largest city in Erie County, with a population of 6,210 at the 2020 census, down from 7,489 in 1930; the 2020 census counted 2,561 households in the city.

One of Corry's original Climax locomotives is on display at the Corry Area Historical Society museum, and since 2020 a local nonprofit has been restoring a Class A Climax locomotive near the original locomotive works.

The Corry Armory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Corry has been named a Tree City USA for seven consecutive years.

Corry sits in northwestern Pennsylvania's snowbelt and averages about 117 inches of snow per year, with January highs averaging only around 32 degrees.