Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1850
Parent county: Bedford

Namesake: Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat
Seat: McConnellsburg (1850–)

Land area: 438 square miles

Population (2020): 14,556

Population (historic): 7,567 (1850); 10,149 (1880); 9,924 (1900); 9,231 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1930s; 1950–2010

Subdivisions: Two boroughs; one CDP; 11 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,411 (19.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 32.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,081
Average outbuilding value (1930): $857
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,350
Average farm size (1920): 74.5 acres
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McConnellsburg

Namesake: Daniel McConnell, owner of the village site

Founding: 1786 (platting); 1814 (post office); 1814 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,150

Population (historic): 477 (1850); 552 (1870); 576 (1900); 768 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–1890; 1900–1960; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 192 (34.8%)
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