Huntingdon County

administration
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Huntingdon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Courthouse 223 Penn Street Huntingdon, PA 16652
Foundation :	September 20, 1787
Made up from:	Bedford County
Area code :	001 814
Demographics
Residents :	45,586  (2000)
Population density :	20.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2303 km²
Water surface :	39 km²
map
Website : huntingdoncounty.net

Huntingdon County is a county in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 45,586 people and a population density of 20 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Huntingdon .

history

The county was formed on September 20, 1787. The name goes back to the religious leader and missionary Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon .

East Broad Top Railroad (1986)

Two places in the county have National Historic Landmark status , the East Broad Top Railroad and the Pulpit Rocks . 42 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 23, 2018).

geography

The county has an area of ​​2,303 square kilometers, of which 39 square kilometers are water.

Cities and towns

Map of Huntingdon County

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1900	34,650		-
1910	38,304		10.5%
1920	39,848		4%
1930	39,021		-2.1%
1940	41,836		7.2%
1950	40,872		-2.3%
1960	39,457		-3.5%
1970	39,108		-0.9%
1980	42,253		8th %
1990	44.164		4.5%
2000	45,586		3.2%
1900-1990 2000

Alexandria Barree Township Birmingham Brady Township Broad Top City Carbon Township Cass Township Cassville Clay Township Coalmont Cromwell Township Dublin Township Dudley Franklin Township Henderson Township Hopewell Township	Huntingdon Jackson Township Juniata Township Lincoln Township Logan Township Mapleton Marklesburg Mill Creek Miller Township Morris Township Mount Union Oneida Township Orbisonia Penn Township Petersburg Porter Township	Rockhill Furnace Saltillo Shade gap Shirley Township Shirleysburg Smithfield Township Springfield Township Spruce Creek Township Tell Township Three Springs Todd Township Union Township Walker Township Warriors Mark Township West Township Wood Township

Web links

Commons : Huntingdon County  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Huntingdon 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 , pp. 143 f.
3. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Pennsylvania . National Park Service , accessed July 23, 2018.
4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 23, 2018.
5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

Coordinates: 40 ° 25 ′  N , 77 ° 59 ′  W