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

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.

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