Clearfield County

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Clearfield County Courthouse
Clearfield County Courthouse
administration
US state : Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters : Clearfield
Foundation : March 26, 1804
Made up from: Lycoming County
Huntingdon County
Area code : 001 814
Demographics
Residents : 83,382  (2000)
Population density : 28.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2988 km²
Water surface : 17 km²
map
Map of Clearfield County within Pennsylvania
Website : www.clearfieldco.org

Clearfield County is a county in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 83,382 people and a population density of 28 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Clearfield .

history

Clearfield County was formed on March 26, 1804 from parts of Lycoming County and Huntingdon County. The name refers to the expulsion of the Indians from the area, "clear field" (German: "cleared field"). Three years later, three townships named Beccaria , Bradford and Chincleclamousche were formed in what was then still a sparsely populated area in the Alleghanies . In 1812 the county became a separate administrative unit. Numerous townships were formed in the following decades (see below). The last foundations were Bigler (1883) and Cooper (1884). The first borough, named Clearfield , was established in 1840, the last - Westover - in 1895.

Clearfield became the administrative seat of the county of the same name in 1805. The first courthouse was built in 1814 and replaced in 1862 by the current brick building with a bell tower (including an extension from 1882). The current district prison was built in 1981, the previous building from 1872 now serves as an office building.

After the Revolutionary War , the land in what would become Clearfield County was divided into parcels of 250 to 1000 acres (1 to 4 km²) and much of it was given to war veterans. The first white man, Captain Edward Ricketts , settled in what is now Bigler Township around 1783 . The county was largely settled between 1830 and 1880. German immigrants from the Pirmasens area settled in the Troutville area since the 1830s .

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

geography

The county has an area of ​​2,988 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water.

Cities and towns

Clearfield County Map
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 80.614 -
1910 93,768 16.3%
1920 103.236 10.1%
1930 86,727 -16%
1940 92.094 6.2%
1950 85,957 -6.7%
1960 81,534 -5.1%
1970 74,619 -8.5%
1980 83,578 12%
1990 78.097 -6.6%
2000 83,380 6.8%
1900-1990

2000

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Clearfield 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. 62 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 22, 2018.
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Web links

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

Coordinates: 41 ° 0 ′  N , 78 ° 28 ′  W