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Name | Huntingdon |
Alt names | Huntingdon | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
Type | County |
Coordinates | 40.617°N 78.117°W |
Located in | Pennsylvania, United States (1787 - ) |
See also | Blair, Pennsylvania, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Centre, Pennsylvania, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Huntingdon County is a county located in the center of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,913. Its county seat is Huntingdon. The county was created on September 20, 1787, mainly from the north part of Bedford County, plus an addition of territory on the east (Big Valley, Tuscarora Valley) from Cumberland County.
Huntingdon County comprises the Huntingdon, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1790 | 7,565
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1800 | 13,008
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1810 | 14,778
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1820 | 20,142
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1830 | 27,145
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1840 | 35,484
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1850 | 24,786
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1860 | 28,100
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1870 | 31,251
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1880 | 33,954
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1890 | 35,751
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1900 | 34,650
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1910 | 38,304
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1920 | 39,848
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1930 | 39,021
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1940 | 41,836
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1950 | 40,872
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1960 | 39,457
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1970 | 39,108
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1980 | 42,253
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1990 | 44,164
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Research Tips
Juniata College in Huntingdon has microfilm of newpapers published in Huntingdon from 1806 to 2005. Many of those years two or even three newspapers were published.
External links
- Outstanding guide to Huntingdon 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.
- RootsWeb
- www.huntingdoncounty.net/
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