Clarion County

Clarion County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Clarion
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Clarion County Courthouse 421 Main Street Clarion, PA 16214
Foundation :	March 11, 1839
Made up from:	Venango County Armstrong County
Area code :	001 814
Demographics
Residents :	41,765  (2000)
Population density :	27.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1557 km²
Water surface :	23 km²
map
Website : www.co.clarion.pa.us

Clarion County is a county in the US state of Pennsylvania in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 41,765 people and a population density of 27 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Clarion .

geography

The county has an area of ​​1,557 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water.

history

The county was formed on March 11, 1839 from parts of Venango County and Armstrong County and is named after the Clarion River .

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

Places in Clarion County

Clarion County map

Clarion County is divided into 35 parishes, including 13 boroughs and 22 townships . For statistical purposes, the US Census Bureau maintains five census-designated places . These are part of a township and have no self-administration.

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1850	23,565		-
1860	24,988		6%
1870	26,537		6.2%
1880	40,328		52%
1890	36,802		-8.7%
1900	34,283		-6.8%
1910	36,638		6.9%
1920	36,170		-1.3%
1930	34,531		-4.5%
1940	38,410		11.2%
1950	38,344		-0.2%
1960	37,408		-2.4%
1970	38,414		2.7%
1980	43,362		12.9%
1990	41,699		-3.8%
2000	41,765		0.2%
1850-1990 2000

Boroughs

Callensburg Clarion East Brady Emlenton 1 Foxburg Hawthorn Knox

New Bethlehem Rimersburg Shippenville Sligo St. Petersburg Strattanville

Townships

Ashland Township Beaver Township Brady Township Clarion Township Elk Township Farmington Township Highland Township Knox Township

Licking Township Limestone Township Madison Township Millcreek Township Monroe Township Paint Township Perry Township

Piney Township Porter Township Redbank Township Richland Township Salem Township Toby Township Washington Township

Census-designated places (CDP)

Crown Leeper Marianne

Tylersburg Vowinckel

¹ mostly in Venango County

Individual evidence

1. ^ Clarion County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . 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. 58 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 22, 2018.
4. ↑ Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990 US Census Bureau
5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Web links

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

Coordinates: 41 ° 11 ′  N , 79 ° 25 ′  W