Erie County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1803 (declared in 1800)
Parent county: Allegheny

Namesake: Lake Erie
Seat: Erie (1803–)

Land area: 799 square miles

Population (2020): 270,876

Population (historic): 1,468 (1800); 17,041 (1830); 49,432 (1860); 86,074 (1890); 175,277 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; 14 boroughs; five CDPs; 23 townships

National Register listings: 52

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 32,107 (26.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 67.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 31.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,024
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,725
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 5,485
Average farm size (1920): 46.6 acres
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Erie

Namesake: Lake Erie

Founding: 1795 (platting); 1811 (post office); 1851 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 94,831

Population (historic): 81 (1800); 1,465 (1830); 9,419 (1860); 40,634 (1890); 115,967 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1800–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 18,956 (41.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *House (c. 1880). 7800 Main Street. Fairview. Second Empire.
2. *Albert Dobler House (1894). 8340 Ridge Road. Fairview. Classical Revival/Queen Anne.
3. *Daniel Sayre House (c. 1845). 8904 Ridge Road. Girard. Greek Revival.
4. *Rush Battles Farm (1858). 436 Walnut Street. Girard. Italianate.
5. *Jesse Coover Farm (c. 1860). 10764 Donation Road. Greene. Italianate.
6. Joseph Moorhead Farm (c. 1845). 902 Moorheadville Road. Harbor Creek. Greek Revival/Federal.
7. John Moorhead House (c. 1870). 1640 Moorheadville Road. Harbor Creek. Italianate.
8. *Thomas Dunn Farm (c. 1860). 2884 Dunn Valley Road. McKean. Italianate.
9. *Frederick Koehler House (1899–1901). 2317 East 43rd Street. Mill Creek. Queen Anne.
10. *John Nicholson House (1825–1827). 4838 West Ridge Road. Mill Creek.
11. Samuel Holliday House (c. 1850). 455 Holliday Road. Springfield. Greek Revival.
12. *Noah Hershey Farm (c. 1870). 7221 Edinboro Road. Summit. Italianate.
13. *Wallace Field House (c. 1845). 15618 Old Wattsburg Road. Union. Razed.
14. *Lendell Shreve House (c. 1925). 9810 US Highway 6. Union. Tudor Revival.
15. *Ruth Osborn House (c. 1870). 11686 Tamarack Road. Waterford. Italianate.
16. House (c. 1895). 16700 Sciota Road. Wayne. Eastlake.
17. *Mathias Spencer House (c. 1835). 12940 Turnpike Road. Wayne. Greek Revival.