Center County

Center County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Bellefonte
Foundation :	1800
Made up from:	Lycoming County Mifflin County Northumberland County Huntingdon County
Area code :	001 814
Demographics
Residents :	135,758  (2000)
Population density :	47.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2880 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map
Website : county.centreconnect.org

Center County is a county in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 135,758 people and a population density of 47 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Bellefonte .

geography

The county covers an area of ​​2,880 square kilometers, of which 11 square kilometers are water.

history

The Center County Courthouse, Pennsylvania is one of 62 entries for the county in the NRHP.

The county was established on February 13, 1800. The name refers to the central location of the county in the state.

62 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 22, 2018).

Cities and towns

Center County map

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1810	10,681		-
1820	13,796		29.2%
1830	18,879		36.8%
1840	20,492		8.5%
1850	23,355		14%
1860	27,000		15.6%
1870	34,418		27.5%
1880	37,922		10.2%
1890	43,269		14.1%
1900	42,894		-0.9%
1910	43,424		1.2%
1920	44,304		2%
1930	46.294		4.5%
1940	52,608		13.6%
1950	65,922		25.3%
1960	78,580		19.2%
1970	99.267		26.3%
1980	112,760		13.6%
1990	123.786		9.8%
2000	135,760		9.7%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

Aaronsburg Bellefonte Benner Township Blanchard Boalsburg Boggs Township Burnside Township Center Hall Clarence Coburn College Township Curtin Township Ferguson Township Gregg Township Haines Township Halfmoon Township Harris Township Houserville Howard Township	Howard Huston Township Julian Lemont Liberty Township Madisonburg Marion Township Miles Township Milesburg Millheim monument North Philipsburg Park Forest Village Patton Township Penn Township Philipsburg Pine Glen Pine Grove Mills Pleasant gap Port Matilda Potter Township	Ramblewood Rebersburg Rush Township Sandy Ridge Snow Shoe Township Snow shoe South Philipsburg Spring Mills Spring Township State College Stormstown Taylor Township Union Township Unionville Walker Township Woodward Worth Township Zion

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Center 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. 49 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 22, 2018.
4. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Web links

Commons : Center County, Pennsylvania  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 40 ° 55 ′  N , 77 ° 49 ′  W