Pike County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1814
Parent county: Wayne

Namesake: Zebulon Pike, American explorer
Seat: Milford (1814–)

Land area: 545 square miles

Population (2020): 58,535

Population (historic): 2,894 (1820); 5,881 (1850); 8,436 (1870); 8,766 (1900); 7,483 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1830; 1840–1880; 1920s; 1940–2020

Subdivisions: Two boroughs; 12 CDPs; 11 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,843 (7.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 90.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,679
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,851
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 690
Average farm size (1920): 29.2 acres
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Milford

Namesake: Milford Haven, Wales

Founding: 1796 (platting); 1814 (post office); 1874 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,103

Population (historic): 746 (1870); 884 (1900); 886 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1890s; 1920–1960; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 326 (52.6%)
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