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Pennsylvania Counties

There are sixty-seven counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, and governmental functions have been consolidated since 1854.

Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Fulton County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: McConnellsburg
Year Organized: 1850
Square Miles: 438

Court House:

201 North Second Street
County Courthouse
Mc Connellsburg, PA 17233-1103

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Robert Fulton, the inventor who pioneered in the use of the steamboat.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Created on April 19, 1851, from part of Bedford County and named for Robert Fulton, the inventor who pioneered in the use of the steamboat. McConnellsburg, the county seat, was named for Daniel McConnell who laid it out in 1786. It was incorporated as a borough on March 26, 1814.

Because the first settlers were trespassers, violence characterized the early years of the society in this area. Both Indians and proprietary officials harried them. The area that became the county was included in the 1754 Albany Purchase from the Indians. The Great and Little Coves, which make up most of the county, lay along the Forbes Road and that brought an early prosperity. Gristmills and tanneries were successful. But the Main Line Canal and the Pennsylvania Railroad route bypassed Fulton and isolation resulted. Fulton never established railroad contact with outside markets and was a remote area until the Pennsylvania Turnpike appeared in 1940. The timber industry was strong until about 1930. Much of the county is now held as state forests, parks, and game lands. Thirty-six percent of the area is farmed, although agricultural cash receipts are relatively low. Manufacturing, especially of hydraulic equipment, employs many, but others commute to jobs outside Fulton.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 438 square miles (1,134 km²), of which, 438 square miles (1,133 km²) of it is land and 0 square miles (1 km²) of it (0.11%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Huntingdon County (north)
Franklin County (east)
Washington County, Maryland (south)
Allegany County, Maryland (southwest)
Bedford County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Ayr	township
- Belfast	township
- Brush Creek	township
- Licking Creek	township
- McConnellsburg (County Seat)	borough	Incorporated Area
- Union	township
- Valley-Hi	borough	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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."