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Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Huntingdon
Year Organized: 1787
Square Miles: 875 |
Court House: 223 Penn Street
County Courthouse
Huntingdon, PA 16652-1443
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named it for the Countess of Huntingdon, England.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Created on September 20, 1787, from
part of Bedford County and named for its county seat, Huntingdon. Dr. William
Smith, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, owned the land where the town
was laid out in 1767 and named it for the Countess of Huntingdon, England.
Huntingdon was incorporated as a borough on March 29, 1796.
Fort Shirley, the reinforced trading post of the colorful Indian trader George
Croghan, was an important defense post in 1755–1756. Iron ore and limestone are
abundant, so the manufacture of a superior charcoal-made iron was the foundation
of the economy until surpassed by competitors after 1850. Charcoal production
denuded the forests, and later the state bought those areas as preserves. Brick
making and pottery were major industries until recent decades. Paper, silk, and
hosiery industries once flourished. The damning of the Raystown Branch of the
Juniata River created a tourist recreation industry. There is a significant
dairy industry; 24 percent of the county is farmed. Republican Martin Brumbaugh
was the president of Juniata College both before and after his term as governor.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Alexandria |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Barree |
township |
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- Birmingham |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Broad Top |
borough |
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- Carbon |
township |
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- Cass |
township |
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- Cassville |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cherry Grove |
township |
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- Coalmont |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cromwell |
township |
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- Dudley |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Henderson |
township |
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- Huntingdon
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Seat) |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Juniata |
township |
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- Lack |
township |
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- Logan |
township |
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- Mapleton |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Marklesburg |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mill Creek |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Miller |
township |
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- Mount Union |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Orbisonia |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Petersburg |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rockhill |
borough |
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- Rockhill Furnace |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Saltillo |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Shade Gap |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Shirley |
township |
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- Shirleysburg |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Spruce Creek |
township |
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- Tell |
township |
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- Three Springs |
borough |
Incorporated Area |
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- Todd |
township |
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- Union |
township |
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- Warriors Mark |
township |
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- West |
township |
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,
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