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Cameron County, Pennsylvania
Cameron County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Emporium
Year Organized: 1860
Square Miles: 397 |
Court House: 20 East 5th Street
County Courthouse
Emporium, PA 15834-1469
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
its name is Latin for "market" or "trade center."
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Created on March 29, 1860 from parts
of Clinton, McKean, and Potter Counties and named for US Senator Simon
Cameron. Emporium, the county seat, was incorporated as a borough on October 13,
1864; its name is Latin for "market" or "trade center."
The Sinnemahoning Creek and its tributaries dominate the area and the first
settlers recognized the destructiveness of flooding. Farming never developed;
lumber has always shaped the economy. Because of abundant stands of hemlock
tanning developed. There was a serious flood in 1847, but the opening of the
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad brought about the creation of the county.
Overwhelming floods occurred in October 1861 and in the spring of 1889,
punctuated by milder floods in 1865 and 1884. In 1884, a forest fire depleted
much of the timber wealth. Cameron had only a little oil, gas, and coal, but
furniture and wood product industries arose. In the twentieth century, the
Sylvania Corporation, manufacturers of radio tubes and electrical products, was
born in Emporium. High quality flagstone has been quarried, and explosives were
manufactured there in the 1930s. Emporium was an Underground Railroad station
and for a time the home of the eccentric Claflin sisters, spiritualists and
friends of Horace Greeley. The Civil War Bucktails Regiment of sharpshooters was
raised there, and there are many legends about rattlesnakes and hunters'
exploits. Movie cowboy actor Tom Mix was born on Mix Run. Over half the land is
in state parks and game lands; only 1 percent is farmed. Lumber is still a major
product, and there is thriving activity in tool and die works and pressed
metals.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Driftwood |
borough |
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- Emporium
(County Seat) |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Grove |
township |
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- Lumber |
township |
County Resources:
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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,
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