Bradford County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1812 (declared in 1810)
Parent counties: Luzerne and Lycoming

Namesake: William Bradford, U.S. attorney general
Seat: Towanda (1812–)

Land area: 1,147 square miles

Population (2020): 59,967

Population (historic): 11,554 (1820); 42,831 (1850); 53,204 (1870); 59,403 (1900); 49,039 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1900; 1930–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: 14 boroughs; one CDP; 37 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,191 (33.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 71.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 24.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,336
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,260
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 5,290
Average farm size (1920): 83.2 acres
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Towanda

Namesake: Towanda Creek

Founding: 1810 (post office); 1812 (platting); 1828 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,798

Population (historic): 224 (1830); 1,171 (1850); 2,696 (1870); 4,663 (1900); 4,104 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1900; 1930s; 1950s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 991 (67.1%)
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