Elk County, Pennsylvania

administration
Elk County Courthouse
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Ridgway
Foundation :	April 18, 1843
Made up from:	Jefferson County McKean County Clearfield County
Area code :	001 814
Demographics
Residents :	31,946 (2010)
Population density :	15.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2155 km²
Water surface :	84 km²
map

Website : www.co.elk.pa.us

Elk County is a county in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States . At the 2010 census , the county had 31,946 people and a population density of 16 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Ridgway .

history

The county was incorporated on April 18, 1843. The name refers to the high occurrence of elk in this region.

Eleven structures 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 2,155 square kilometers, of which 9 square kilometers are water.

Population development

Due to immigration from Bavaria (almost 43% of the county's inhabitants have German ancestors), Italians, Belgians and Irish (e.g. to St. Marys , the only town and largest town) in the 19th century, a significant part of the Catholic population.

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	3531	-
1860	5915	67.5%
1870	8488	43.5%
1880	12,800	50.8%
1890	22,239	73.7%
1900	32.903	48%
1910	35,871	9%
1920	34,981	-2.5%
1930	33,431	-4.4%
1940	34,443	3%
1950	34.503	0.2%
1960	37,328	8.2%
1970	37,770	1.2%
1980	38,338	1.5%
1990	34,878	-9%
2000	35.111	0.7%
1850-1990 2000

Places in Elk County

Map of the Elk County

Elk County is divided into 11 parishes, including a city , 2 boroughs and 8 townships . For statistical purposes the US Census Bureau maintains six census-designated places . These are part of a township and have no self-administration.

Citys

St. Marys

Boroughs

Townships

Census-designated places (CDP)

Unincorporated Communities

Individual evidence

^ Elk County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . 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. 94 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 23, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved August 18, 2018
^ Extract from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved August 18, 2018

Web links

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

41.42 -78.65Coordinates: 41 ° 25 ′ N , 78 ° 39 ′ W

[1] Elk 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. 94 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 23, 2018.

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved August 18, 2018

[5] Extract from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved August 18, 2018