Bedford County, Pennsylvania

 

Founding: 1771
Parent county: Cumberland

Namesake: Fort Bedford
Seat: Bedford (1771–)

Land area: 1,012 square miles

Population (2020): 47,577

Population (historic): 13,132 (1790); 29,335 (1840); 29,635 (1870); 39,468 (1900); 37,309 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1840; 1850–1900; 1930s; 1950s; 1970–2000

Subdivisions: 13 boroughs; three CDPs; 24 townships

National Register listings: 34

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,465 (26.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,133
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,054
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,462
Average farm size (1920): 73.1 acres
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Bedford

Namesake: Fort Bedford

Founding: 1766 (platting); 1789 (post office); 1795 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,865

Population (historic): 257 (1800); 1,022 (1840); 1,247 (1870); 2,167 (1900); 2,953 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1860; 1870–1890; 1900–1960; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 668 (46.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Bedford County Infirmary (1872–1873). 2319 Cumberland Road. Bedford. Italianate. Razed.
2. *Chalybeate Springs Hotel (c. 1851/1867/1885). 110 Giants Road. Bedford. Greek Revival.
3. *Yeager Lutheran Church (c. 1880). 3419 Main Road. Colerain. Romanesque/Italianate.
4. *Elias Hardinger House. 1483 Bedford Valley Road. Cumberland Valley.
5. *Smith Farm (c. 1885). 6247 Bedford Valley Road. Cumberland Valley. Gothic Revival.
6. *McGraw Tavern (c. 1815). 16200 Lincoln Highway. East Providence.
7. *Grand View Point Hotel (1927/1932). 236 Lincoln Highway. Juniata. Razed.
8. *Callender–Bonnett Inn (c. 1765). 6048 Lincoln Highway. Napier.
9. *Donald Dibert House (c. 1800). Lincoln Highway, east of Willow Grove Drive. Snake Spring. Razed.
10. *Juniata Mill (1805). 1427 Lutzville Road. Snake Spring.
11. *John Snider Farm (c. 1812). 2012 Woodbury Pike. South Woodbury.