Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1807 (declared in 1804)
Parent counties: Huntingdon and Somerset

Namesake: The country of Wales
Seat: Ebensburg (1807–)

Land area: 688 square miles

Population (2020): 133,472

Population (historic): 2,117 (1810); 11,256 (1840); 36,569 (1870); 104,837 (1900); 203,146 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1940

Subdivisions: One city; 32 boroughs; 16 CDPs; 30 townships

National Register listings: 31

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 21,607 (32.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,548
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,291
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,398
Average farm size (1920): 47.9 acres
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Ebensburg

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps a member of the city's founder's family

Founding: 1807 (platting); 1807 (post office); 1825 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,404

Population (historic): 75 (1810); 353 (1840); 1,240 (1870); 1,574 (1900); 3,063 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1870; 1880–1970; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 486 (26.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *William Buck House (c. 1875). 1143 Brick Road. Allegheny. Italianate.
2. *Samuel Lemon Tavern (c. 1830). 110 Federal Park Road. Cresson. Federal.
3. *House (1902). 365 McConnell Road. Munster. Tudor Revival.