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Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Bedford
Year Organized: 1771
Square Miles: 1,015 |
Court House: PO Box 166
County Courthouse
Bedford, PA 15522-0166
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for Fort Bedford that in turn had been named in 1759 for
the Duke of Bedford.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Created on March 9, 1771, from part
of Cumberland County. It was named for Fort Bedford that in turn had been named
in 1759 for the Duke of Bedford. Bedford, the county seat, on the site of Fort
Bedford, was incorporated as a borough on March 13, 1795.
First entered by Virginians in 1728, the site that became Bedford Village was a
connecting point along several Indian trails and settler paths. Its location
continued to lie along Pennsylvania's main East-West route until the opening of
the Pennsylvania Railroad (1846); the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the 1940s placed
it again on a main route. The original settlers included a large group of German
descent. Rye, used often for whiskey, was the major crop until 1860, after which
general farming prevailed. Dairy production flourished after 1930. One-third of
the land is currently farmed. Bedford was President Washington's headquarters
during the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion, and U. S. Supreme Court justices planned
their proslavery Dred Scott case decision at Bedford Springs Hotel. Bedford
Springs was also President Buchanan's summer residence.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Bedford
(County Seat) |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cumberland Valley |
township |
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- East Providence |
township |
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- East St. Clair |
township |
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- Everett |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hopewell |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hyndman |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Juniata |
township |
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- Kimmel |
township |
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- King |
township |
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- Mann |
township |
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- Manns Choice |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Napier |
township |
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- New Paris |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pavia |
township |
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- Rainsburg |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Saxton |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Schellsburg |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Snake Spring |
township |
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- South Woodbury |
township |
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- St. Clairsville |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- West Providence |
township |
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- West St. Clair |
township |
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- Wood |
township |
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- Woodbury |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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