Venango County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1805 (declared in 1800)
Parent counties: Allegheny and Lycoming

Namesake: The Venango River
Seat: Franklin (1805–)

Land area: 674 square miles

Population (2020): 50,454

Population (historic): 3,060 (1810); 17,900 (1840); 47,925 (1870); 49,648 (1900); 63,226 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1870; 1880–1950; 1970s

Subdivisions: Two cities; nine boroughs; five CDPs; 21 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,764 (35.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,356
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,101
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,369
Average farm size (1920): 53.9 acres
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Franklin

Namesake: Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father

Founding: 1795 (platting); 1800 (post office); 1828 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 6,097

Population (historic): 159 (1810); 595 (1840); 3,908 (1870); 7,317 (1900); 10,254 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1800–1930
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,702 (51.7%)
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