Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1855
Parent county: Union

Namesake: Simon Snyder, Pennsylvania governor
Seat: Middleburg (1855–)

Land area: 329 square miles

Population (2020): 39,736

Population (historic): 15,035 (1860); 17,797 (1880); 17,304 (1900); 18,836 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1880; 1910–2020

Subdivisions: Six boroughs; ten CDPs; 15 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,560 (21.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 79.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 28.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,084
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,115
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,753
Average farm size (1920): 62 acres
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Middleburg

Namesake: A descriptive name

Founding: 1800 (platting); 1814 (post office); 1864 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,325

Population (historic): 370 (1870); 513 (1900); 1,024 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1970; 1980s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 221 (36.8%)
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