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Juniata County, Pennsylvania

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Founding:  1831 Parent county:  Mifflin Namesake:  The Juniata River Seat:  Mifflintown (1831–) Land area:  391 square miles Population (2020):  23,509 Population (historic):  11,080 (1840); 17,390 (1870); 16,054 (1900); 14,325 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1840–1880; 1930s; 1950–2010 Subdivisions:  Four boroughs; five CDPs; 13 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  2,490 (22.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  69.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  28% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  11.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  8.9% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,371 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,304 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.8 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,572 Average farm size (1920):  63.4 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Mifflintown Namesake:  Thom...