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Cambria County, Pennsylvania

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Founding:  1807 (declared in 1804) Parent counties:  Huntingdon and Somerset Namesake:  The country of Wales Seat:  Ebensburg (1807–) Land area:  688 square miles Population (2020):  133,472 Population (historic):  2,117 (1810); 11,256 (1840); 36,569 (1870); 104,837 (1900); 203,146 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1810–1940 Subdivisions:  One city; 32 boroughs; 16 CDPs; 30 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  21,607 (32.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  52.4% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  11.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  10.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  7.3% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,548 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,291 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,398 Average farm size (1920):  47.9 acres __________________________________________________________________________...