Cameron County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1860
Parent counties: Clinton, Elk, McKean, and Potter

Namesake: Simon Cameron, Pennsylvania politician and businessman
Seat: Emporium (1860–)

Land area: 396 square miles

Population (2020): 4,547

Population (historic): 4,273 (1870); 7,048 (1900); 5,307 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900s; 1930–1960; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two boroughs; one CDP; five townships

National Register listings: 0

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,089 (24.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 71%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,274
Average outbuilding value (1930): $666
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 225
Average farm size (1920): 39.3 acres
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Emporium

Namesake: The Latin word emporium ("market")

Founding: circa 1860 (founding); 1864 (incorporation); 1866 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,961

Population (historic): 898 (1870); 2,463 (1900); 2,929 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1920; 1930s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 421 (38.2%)

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