Mercer County, Pennsylvania

The Mercer County Courthouse in Mercer, listed on NRHP No. 98001369
administration
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Mercer
Foundation :	March 12, 1800
Made up from:	Allegheny County
Demographics
Residents :	120,293  (2000)
Population density :	69.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1768 km²
Water surface :	28 km²
map
Website : www.mcc.co.mercer.pa.us

Mercer County is a county in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 120,293 people and a population density of 69 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Mercer .

history

The county was formed on March 12, 1800 and named after Hugh Mercer , a general in the American Revolutionary War .

The Frank H. Buhl Mansion is one of the county's 15 entries in the NRHP

15 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 23, 2018).

geography

The county covers an area of ​​1,768 square kilometers, of which 28 square kilometers are water.

Cities and towns

Map of Mercer County

Clark Coolspring Township Deer Creek Township Delaware Township East Lackawannock Township Fairview Township Farrell Findley Township Fredonia French Creek Township Greene Township Greenville Grove City Hempfield Township Hermitage Jackson Center	Jackson Township Jamestown Jefferson Township Lackawannock Township Lake Township Liberty Township Mercer Mill Creek Township New Lebanon New Vernon Township Otter Creek Township Perry Township Pine Township Pymatuning Township Salem Township Sandy Creek Township	Sandy Lake Township Sandy Lake Sharon Sharpsville Sheakleyville Shenango Township South Pymatuning Township Springfield Township Stoneboro Sugar Grove Township West Middlesex West Salem Township Wheatland Wilmington Township Wolf Creek Township Worth Township

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1900	57,387		-
1910	77,699		35.4%
1920	93,788		20.7%
1930	99.246		5.8%
1940	101.039		1.8%
1950	111,954		10.8%
1960	127,519		13.9%
1970	127.175		-0.3%
1980	128,299		0.9%
1990	121.003		-5.7%
2000	120,307		-0.6%
1900-1990 2000

Web links

Commons : Mercer County, Pennsylvania  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 98001369. Retrieved May 22, 2019
2. ↑ Mercer County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
3. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 204 .
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 23, 2018.
5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Coordinates: 41 ° 19 ′  N , 80 ° 15 ′  W