Potter County, Pennsylvania

administration
Potter County Courthouse
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Coudersport
Foundation :	March 26, 1804
Made up from:	Lycoming County
Area code :	001 814
Demographics
Residents :	18,080 (2000)
Population density :	6.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2801 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.pottercountypa.net

Potter County is a county in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 18,080 people and a population density of 6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Coudersport . Potter County is named after James Potter , a general in the Continental Army during the American War of Independence against England.

geography

The county lies on the northern border with New York , has an area of 2801 square kilometers (of which one square kilometer is water) and borders clockwise on the counties: Allegany County (New York), Steuben County (New York), Tioga County , Lycoming County , Clinton County , Cameron County, and McKean County .

history

Potter County was formed on March 26, 1804, and finally organized in 1835. It is named after James Potter , a Pennsylvania general who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Major Isaac Lymann, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, was one of the first permanent settlers in the area and is the actual founder of Potter County. He paid ten dollars to every new settler willing to settle here. He also built the first road through the county, as well as the first flour mill and sawmill.

In the Coudersport Historic District (2012). This Historic District is one of the county's five entries in the NRHP.

Five buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of July 24, 2018).

Cities and towns

Potter County Map


Abbott Township Allegany Township Austin Bingham Township Clara Township Coudersport East Fork Eulalia Township Galeton Genesee Township Harrison Township	Hebron Township Hector Township Homer Township Keating Township Oswayo Township Oswayo Pike Township Pleasant Valley Township Portage Township Roulette Township	Sharon Township Shinglehouse Stewardson Township Summit Township Sweden Township Sylvania Township Ulysses Township Ulysses West Branch Township Wharton Township

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	30,621	-
1910	29,729	-2.9%
1920	21,089	-29.1%
1930	17,489	-17.1%
1940	18,201	4.1%
1950	16,810	-7.6%
1960	16,483	-1.9%
1970	16,395	-0.5%
1980	17,726	8.1%
1990	16,717	-5.7%
2000	18,080	8.2%
1900-1990 2000

Web links

Commons : Potter County (Pennsylvania) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Potter County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . 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. 249 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 24, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011.
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011.

41.74 -77.9Coordinates: 41 ° 44 ′ N , 77 ° 54 ′ W

[1] Potter 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. 249 .

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 24, 2018.

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011.

[5] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011.