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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Outstanding Buildings

David Leyden House (c. 1880). Buffalo Run Road, southwest of Armagast Road. Benner. Eastlake. Razed.
Edward Humes House (c. 1850). 1841 Seibert Road. Benner. Federal.
Brockerhoff Mill (1862). 5 Spring Creek Road. Benner. Italianate.
Harmony Forge House / Joseph Miles Farm (c. 1815). 318 Harmony Forge West Road. Boggs. Georgian/Gothic Revival.
Felix Dale Farm (1823). 400 Boalsburg Road. College.
Moses Thompson House (c. 1830/1870). 1001 East College Avenue. College. Italianate.
John Thompson Farm (1813–1814). 600 East Branch Road. College.
Bucher Ayres Farm (1858). 5200 Whitehall Road. Ferguson. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
James Evans House (c. 1880). 147 Kline Road. Gregg. Second Empire.
William Allison House (c. 1880). 3903 Penn's Valley Road. Gregg. Gothic Revival.
Jared Fisher House (1856). 4188 Penn's Valley Road. Gregg. Italianate/Greek Revival.
Abraham Elder Farm (1808/1832). 1887 Half-Moon Valley Road. Half-Moon.
George Wilson Farm (c. 1810). 3911 Half-Moon Valley Road. Half-Moon. Georgian.
Boal Estate (1789/1798/1898–1905). 163 Boal Estate Drive. Harris. Georgian/Classical Revival.
Christian Bechdel House (1831). 91 Main Street. Liberty. Federal.
Tobias Pickle Farm (1813). 461 Smullton Road. Miles.
Centre Mill (1802–1803). 461 Smullton Road. Miles.
John Gray Farm (1793). 5461 Buffalo Run Road. Patton. Georgian.
Frank Clemson House (1909). 111 Eagle Spring Road. Patton. Classical Revival.
Daniel Waggoner Log House (c. 1809). 354 Egg Hill Road. Potter.
Andrew Gregg Farm (c. 1825). 221 Middle Road. Potter. Federal.
Leonard Rhone Farm (1853). 177 Rimmey Road. Potter. Federal.
John Dunlop House (c. 1800/1818). 772 Axemann Road. Spring. Georgian.
John Dunlop House (1803). 4098 Axemann Road. Spring. Georgian.
House. 644 Pleasant View Road. Spring. Swiss Revival.
Samuel Lyons Farm (1861). State Route 64, southwest of Gilltown Road. Spring. Italianate. Razed.
Aaron Hall House (1870). 1923 Rattlesnake Pike. Union. Italianate.