Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1822 (declared in 1804)
Parent counties: Huntingdon and Lycoming

Namesake: Clearfield Creek
Seat: Clearfield (1822–)

Land area: 1,145 square miles

Population (2020): 80,562

Population (historic): 4,803 (1830); 18,759 (1860); 43,408 (1880); 80,614 (1900); 86,727 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1920; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; 18 boroughs; 12 CDPs; 30 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,857 (30.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,283
Average outbuilding value (1930): $939
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,158
Average farm size (1920): 43.5 acres
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Clearfield

Namesake: Clearfield Creek

Founding: 1805 (platting); 1823 (post office); 1840 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,962

Population (historic): 503 (1850); 1,361 (1870); 5,081 (1900); 9,221 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1940
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,746 (52.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Samuel Hegarty House (1872). 3263 Crossroads Road. Beccaria. Second Empire.
2. Aaron Patchin House (c. 1855). 4716 Patchin Highway. Burnside. Greek Revival/Italianate.
3. Thomas Read Farm (1833). 14422 Old Erie Pike. Lawrence.
4. The Wigwam / Israel McCreight House (1906). 60 Catherine Avenue. Sandy. Craftsman. Razed.

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