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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Bradford County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, its population was 59,967. Its county seat is Towanda. The county was created on February 21, 1810, from parts of Lycoming and Luzerne Counties. Originally called Ontario County, it was reorganized and separated from Lycoming County on October 13, 1812, and renamed Bradford County for William Bradford, who had been a chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and United States Attorney General.
Bradford County comprises the Sayre, Pennsylvania micropolitan statistical area.
The county is not to be confused with the city of Bradford, which is in McKean County, 141 miles to the west via U.S. Route 6.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1820 | 11,554
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1830 | 19,746
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1840 | 32,769
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1850 | 42,831
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1860 | 48,734
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1870 | 53,204
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1880 | 58,541
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1890 | 59,233
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1900 | 59,403
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1910 | 54,526
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1920 | 53,166
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1930 | 49,039
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1940 | 50,615
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1950 | 51,722
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1960 | 54,925
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1970 | 57,962
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1980 | 62,919
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1990 | 60,967
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Bradford County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
- www.rootsweb.com/~pabradfo/bradweb.htm
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