Bradford County, Pennsylvania

administration
Bradford County Courthouse
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Towanda
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Bradford County, PA 301 Main Street Towanda, PA 18848
Foundation :	1810
Made up from:	Lucerne County Lycoming County
Area code :	001 570
Demographics
Residents :	62,761 (2000)
Population density :	21.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	3007 km²
Water surface :	27 km²
map

Website : www.bradfordcountypa.org

Bradford County is a county in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 62,761 people and a population density of 21 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Towanda .

history

The county was formed on February 21, 1810 with the designation Ontario County . On March 24, 1812, the name was changed to the current name, which is reminiscent of the lawyer and politician William Bradford .

15 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 20, 2018).

geography

The county covers an area of 3,007 square kilometers, of which 27 square kilometers are water. Bradford County is bordered by Susquehanna County to the east, Wyoming County to the southeast, Sullivan County to the south, Lycoming County to the southwest, Tioga County to the west, and New York State to the north .

Cities and towns

Map with cities and towns

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	59,403	-
1910	54,526	-8.2%
1920	53,166	-2.5%
1930	49,039	-7.8%
1940	50,615	3.2%
1950	51,722	2.2%
1960	54,925	6.2%
1970	57,962	5.5%
1980	62,919	8.6%
1990	60,967	-3.1%
2000	62,761	2.9%
1900-1990 2000


Alba Albany Township Armenia Township Asylum Township Athens Township Athens Burlington Township Burlington Canton Township Canton Columbia Township Franklin Township Granville Township Herrick Township Le Raysville Leroy Township Litchfield Township	Monroe Township Monroe New Albany North Towanda Township Orwell Township Overton Township Pike Township Ridgebury Township Rome Township Rome Sayre Sheshequin Township Smithfield Township South Creek Township South Waverly Springfield Township Standing Stone Township	Stevens Township Sylvania Terry Township Towanda Township Towanda Troy township Troy Tuscarora Township Ulster Township Warren Township Wells Township West Burlington Township Wilmot Township Windham Township Wyalusing Township Wyalusing Wysox Township

Individual evidence

^ Bradford County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011
↑ 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. 29 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml?src=bkmk# Accessed February 28, 2011

Web links

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

http://www.bradfordcountypa.org/

41.79 -76.52Coordinates: 41 ° 47 ′ N , 76 ° 31 ′ W

[1] Bradford County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved February 22, 2011

[2] 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. 29 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2018.

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[5] ttps://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml?src=bkmk# Accessed February 28, 2011