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

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.

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