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
National Register listings: 21
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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