Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1787
Parent county: Bedford

Namesake: Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
Seat: Huntingdon (1787–)

Land area: 875 square miles

Population (2020): 44,092

Population (historic): 7,558 (1790); 27,145 (1830); 28,100 (1860); 35,751 (1890); 39,021 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1840; 1850–1890; 1900–1920; 1930s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: 18 boroughs; two CDPs; 30 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,115 (27%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 64.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,335
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,370
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,111
Average farm size (1920): 81.8 acres
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Huntingdon

Namesake: Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon

Founding: 1768 (platting as Standing Rock); 1796 (incorporation); 1803 (post office)

Population (2020): 6,827

Population (historic): 688 (1800); 1,145 (1840); 3,634 (1870); 6,053 (1900); 7,558 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800; 1810–1930; 1940s; 1970s; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,429 (49%)
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