Centre County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1800
Parent counties: Huntingdon, Lycoming, Mifflin, and Northumberland

Namesake: Centre Furnace
Seat: Bellefonte (1800–)

Land area: 1,110 square miles

Population (2020): 158,172

Population (historic): 10,681 (1810); 20,492 (1840); 34,418 (1870); 42,894 (1900); 46,294 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1830; 1840–1890; 1930–1980; 2000s

Subdivisions: Two municipalities; nine boroughs; 26 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,379 (14.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 33.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,638
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,706
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,295
Average farm size (1920): 76.4 acres

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Bellefonte

Namesake: A reference to a spring near the city site

Founding: 1795 (platting); 1796 (post office); 1806 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 6,187

Population (historic): 303 (1810); 1,032 (1840); 2,655 (1870); 4,216 (1900); 4,804 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1900; 1920–1970; 1980–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 850 (28.3%)

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