Potter County, Pennsylvania

Founding: 1835 (declared in 1804)
Parent county: Lycoming

Namesake: James Potter, Pennsylvania politician
Seat: Coudersport (1835–)

Land area: 1,081 square miles

Population (2020): 16,396

Population (historic): 1,265 (1830); 11,470 (1860); 13,797 (1880); 30,621 (1900); 17,489 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1820–1860; 1870–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Six boroughs; two CDPs; 24 townships

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,596 (27.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 70.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,176
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,239
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,866
Average farm size (1920): 61 acres
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Coudersport

Namesake: Unclear

Founding: 1807 (platting); 1817 (post office); 1848 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,381

Population (historic): 234 (1850); 471 (1870); 1,530 (1890); 3,100 (1910); 2,740 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1930s; 1980s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 526 (42%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Benjamin Nichols House (c. 1850). 1299 State Route 44. Sharon. Greek Revival.
2. *Asa Raymond House (1898). 1651 North Brookland Road. Ulysses. Italianate.
3. *All Saints Episcopal Church (1888–1889). 3714 Fox Hill Road. Ulysses. English Gothic.
4. *House (c. 1865). 2820 State Route 49. Ulysses. Greek Revival/Italianate.