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Snyder County, Pennsylvania

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Founding:  1855 Parent county:  Union Namesake:  Simon Snyder, Pennsylvania governor Seat:  Middleburg (1855–) Land area:  329 square miles Population (2020):  39,736 Population (historic):  15,035 (1860); 17,797 (1880); 17,304 (1900); 18,836 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1860–1880; 1910–2020 Subdivisions:  Six boroughs; ten CDPs; 15 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  3,560 (21.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  79.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  28.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  9.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,084 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,115 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.9 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,753 Average farm size (1920):  62 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Middleburg Namesake:  ...