Snyder County

administration
US state :	Pennsylvania
Administrative headquarters :	Middleburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Snyder County Courthouse PO Box 217 Middleburg, PA 17842
Foundation :	March 2, 1855
Made up from:	Union County
Area code :	001 570
Demographics
Residents :	37,546 (2000)
Population density :	43.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	860 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.snydercounty.org

Snyder County is a county in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 37,546 residents and a population density of 44 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Middleburg .

history

Snyder County was formed out of Union County on March 2, 1855 , and named after Simon Snyder , Pennsylvania governor from 1808 to 1817.

The Aline Covered Bridge is one of the county's six entries in the NRHP.

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

population

The majority of the population is of European descent (mainly Germans, English, Poles and Italians). To date, around 5% of the population still speak German as their mother tongue. This makes Snyder County, the county with the highest rate of German speakers in all of Pennsylvania.

geography

The county has an area of 860 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water.

Cities and towns

Map of Snyder County


Adams Township Beaver Springs Beaver Township Beavertown Center township Chapman Township Franklin Township Freeburg Hummels Wharf Jackson Township	Kratzerville Creamer McClure Middleburg Middlecreek Township Monroe Township Mount Pleasant Mills Paxtonville Penn Township Penns Creek	Perry Township Port Trevorton Selinsgrove Shamokin Dam Spring Township Troxelville Union Township Washington Township West Beaver Township West Perry Township

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	17.304	-
1910	16,800	-2.9%
1920	17.129	2%
1930	18,836	10%
1940	20.208	7.3%
1950	22,912	13.4%
1960	25,922	13.1%
1970	29,269	12.9%
1980	33,584	14.7%
1990	36,680	9.2%
2000	37,546	2.4%
1900-1990 2000

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Snyder 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. 286 .
↑ 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

40.77 -77.08Coordinates: 40 ° 46 ′ N , 77 ° 5 ′ W

[1] Snyder 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. 286 .

[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