Beaver County is a county in the

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of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 168,215. Its county seat is

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. The county was created on March 12, 1800, from parts of Allegheny and

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counties. It took its name from the Beaver River. Beaver County is part of the

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History

The original townships at the date of the erection of Beaver County (1800) were North Beaver, east and west of the Big Beaver Creek; South Beaver, west of the Big Beaver; and Sewickley, east of the Big Beaver—all north of the Ohio River; and Hanover, First Moon, and Second Moon, south of the Ohio.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.1%) is water. It has a humid continental climate (''Dfa''/''Dfb'') and average monthly temperatures in the Beaver/Rochester vicinity range from 29.4 °F in January to 73.2 °F in July.

Bodies of water

* The Ohio River flows north through Beaver County from a point near

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, then turns west near

and on to the Ohio and West Virginia borders. It divides the southern third of the county from the northern two-thirds. * The Beaver River flows south from Lawrence County entering Beaver County near Koppel and continuing south to its confluence with the Ohio near Beaver.

Adjacent counties

* Lawrence County (north) * Butler County (east) *

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(southeast) * Washington County (south) *

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(west) *

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(west)

Protected areas

* Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (part) *

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, a Pennsylvania state park
Bradys Run Park

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 181,412 people, 72,576 households, and 50,512 families residing in the county. The population density was 418 people per square mile (161/km²). There were 77,765 housing units at an average density of 179 per square mile (69/km²). The

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of the county was 92.55% White, 5.96% Black or African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.20% from other races, and 0.92% from two or more races. 0.72% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 23.0% were of

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, 17.4%

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, 9.9%

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, 6.5% English, 6.4% Polish and 5.8% American ancestry. There were 72,576 households, out of which 28.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.50% were married couples living together, 11.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.40% were non-families. Of all households 26.90% were made up of individuals, and 13.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.96. In the county, the age distribution of the population shows 22.60% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 27.30% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 18.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.20 males.

2020 Census

Government and politics

Results of the 2020 Presidential Election in Beaver County, PA

Voter registration

In November 2008, there were 118,269 registered voters in Beaver County. * Democratic: 70,819 (59.88%) * Republican: 36,239 (30.64%) * Other parties/non-partisan: 11,211 (9.48%) By April 2016, there were 109,091 registered voters, a decrease of 7.7% since 2008. The county is divided into 129 precincts. * Democratic: 58,828 (53.93%) * Republican: 38,015 (34.85%) * Other parties/non-partisan: 12,248 (11.23%) As of November 2, 2021, there were 112,744 registered voters in the county. Democrats held a plurality of voters. There were 51,226 registered Democrats, 46,418 registered Republicans, 14,404 voters registered to other parties, 610 to the Libertarian Party and 86 voters registered to the Green Party.

Political history

Beaver County used to be a Democratic stronghold, and still has a large Democratic edge in registration. In 2015, however, the GOP took majority status in the Commissioners' Office for the first time since 1955. Multiple Democratic seats in both houses of the Pennsylvania Legislature have been lost to Republicans over the past few years. In statewide and federal elections it has been moving rightward as well. In 2004 Democrat John Kerry won Beaver County over Republican George Bush 51% to 48%. In 2008 Republican John McCain defeated Democrat

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50% to 47%, becoming the first Republican to win there since 1972 and only the third since 1928. Mitt Romney and Donald Trump (twice) carried the county in the next three elections, cementing its status as a "red county" in presidential politics. In 2010 Republican Governor Tom Corbett and Republican Senator Pat Toomey both carried Beaver in their successful statewide bids and Toomey won the county again in

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. However, Democrats have still seen recent success in Beaver County in non-presidential races, with Democrats often being competitive in the county in senatorial and gubernatorial elections. Beaver County voted for

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in his reelection bid in 2012 50% to 47% and again voted to re-elect Casey in 2018, as well as Democrat

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. In the most recent election cycle, Democratic gubernatorial candidate

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defeated Republican

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in Beaver County. However, Shapiro was the only Democrat in this cycle to carry Beaver County.

County commissioners

County officials

State representatives

State senators

United States House of Representatives

United States Senate

Attractions

Beaver County offers many shops and places to eat. Beaver County is home to the

Beaver Valley Mall The Beaver Valley Mall is a regional shopping mall located in Center Township, Pennsylvania, serving Beaver County within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. It is owned by the Namdar Realty Group. Its anchors are Boscov's, Dick's Sporting Goods, ...

in Center Township, which has shops and restaurants. Near Koppel there is Buttermilk Falls, a naturally occurring waterfall. In Brighton Township there is Brady's Run Park. Racoon Creek State Park is one of Pennsylvania’s largest and most visited state parks. The park encompasses 7,572 acres and features the beautiful 101-acre Raccoon Lake. There are many riverfront parks throughout the county. The North County Trail is 11-mile point-to-point trail near Darlington, Pennsylvania to the Ohio State Line.

Transportation

Major roads and highways

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Airports

Beaver County Airport Beaver County Airport or is a county-owned public airport three miles northwest of Beaver Falls, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Beaver County Airport ...

Zelienople Municipal Airport Zelienople Municipal Airport is a public airport in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, a mile west of Zelienople, a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The airport is owned by the Borough of Zelienople and o ...

Public transit

Public transit is provided by the

Beaver County Transit Authority The Beaver County Transportation Authority (BCTA) is the operator of mass transportation in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Seven routes are provided, all of which serve the southern and central portions of the county, which are incorporated into sub ...

Education

Colleges and universities

Geneva College Geneva College is a private Christian college in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1848, in Northwood, Ohio, the college moved to its present location in 1880, where it continues to educate a student body of about 1400 traditional underg ...

* Penn State Beaver Campus *

Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry Trinity School for Ministry (TSM), formerly known as Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, is an Anglican seminary in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. It is generally associated with low church, evangelical Anglicanism. History In the mid 1970s, several pr ...

Community College of Beaver County The Community College of Beaver County (''CCBC'') is a public community college in Beaver County, Pennsylvania Beaver County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 168,215. Its county se ...

Community, junior, and technical colleges

Public school districts

Aliquippa School District The Aliquippa School District is a small, urban, public school district located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The District serves the City of Aliquippa. Aliquippa School District encompasses approximately . According to 2010 federal census dat ...

Ambridge Area School District The Ambridge Area School District is a midsized, urban public school district in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It serves the boroughs of Ambridge, Baden, Economy and South Heights and Harmony Township. The district encompasses approximately . ...

Beaver Area School District Beaver Area School District is a suburban, public school district in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately serving the Boroughs of Beaver and Bridgewater and Brighton Township and Vanport Township in Beaver Coun ...

Big Beaver Falls Area School District The Big Beaver Falls Area School District is a midsized, suburban public school district in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves the City of Beaver Falls, the Boroughs of Big Beaver, Eastvale, Homewood, Koppel and New G ...

Blackhawk School District The Blackhawk School District is a tiny, rural public school district that spans portions of two counties in Pennsylvania, United States. Blackhawk School District encompasses approximately . In Beaver County it covers the boroughs of Darling ...

(part) *

Central Valley School District Central Valley School District No. 356 is a K–12 public school district located in Spokane Valley, Washington, Spokane Valley and Liberty Lake, Washington. Over 14,100 students attend one of the twenty-one schools within the district. Histo ...

Freedom Area School District The Freedom Area School District is a small, rural, public school district in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA. It serves the boroughs of Freedom, Conway, and the township of New Sewickley. Freedom Area School District encompasses approxima ...

* Hopewell Area School District * Midland Borough School District *

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* Riverside Beaver County School District *

Rochester Area School District The Rochester Area School District is a small, urban public school district in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It serves the boroughs of Rochester and East Rochester, and the township of Rochester Township. Rochester Area School District encom ...

South Side Area School District The South Side Area School District is a small, rural, public school district in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately . It serves the boroughs of Shippingport, Hookstown, Frankfort Springs, and Georgetown, an ...

Western Beaver County School District The Western Beaver County School District is a diminutive, rural, public school district serving the boroughs of Industry, Glasgow and Ohioville, Pennsylvania. Western Beaver County School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 ...

High schools

Aliquippa High School Aliquippa Junior/Senior High School is a public high school in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the only high school in the Aliquippa School District. Athletic teams compete as the Aliquippa Quips in the Western Pennsylvania Intersc ...

* Ambridge Area High School *

Beaver Area High School Beaver Area High School is a public high school in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the only high school in the Beaver Area School District. Athletic teams compete as the Beaver Bobcats in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athlet ...

* Beaver County Christian High School *

Beaver Falls High School Beaver Falls High School is a public high school in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the only high school in the Big Beaver Falls Area School District. Athletic teams compete as the Beaver Falls Tigers in the Western Pennsylvania ...

* Big Beaver Area High School *

Blackhawk High School Blackhawk High School is a public high school in Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania, United States, with a mailing address for nearby Beaver Falls. It is the only high school in the Blackhawk School District. Athletic teams compete as the Blackhaw ...

* Central Valley High School *

Freedom Area High School The Freedom Area School District is a small, rural, public school district in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA. It serves the boroughs of Freedom, Conway, and the township of New Sewickley. Freedom Area School District encompasses approxima ...

* Hopewell High School *

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* New Brighton High School * Quigley Catholic High School * Riverside High School * Rochester Area High School * South Side Beaver High School * Western Beaver High School

Charter schools

As reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Education – EdNA, as of April 2010. *Baden Academy Charter School (grades K–6) *

(grades 7–12)

Private schools

As reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Education – EdNA, as of April 2010. *Agapeland Children Garden – Beaver *Beaver County Christian School -Upper – Beaver Falls *Beaver Co Christian -West Park Elementary – Beaver Falls *Bethel Christian School – Aliquippa *Deliverance Temple Ministries ROOTS Inc Christian Academy – Aliquippa *Divine Mercy Academy – Beaver Falls *Hope Christian Academy – Aliquippa *North Hills Christian School – Baden *Our Lady of Fatima School – Aliquippa *Pleasant Hill Wesleyan Academy – Hookstown *Quigley Catholic High School – Baden *St John the Baptist School – Monaca *Sts Peter & Paul School – Beaver *Sylvania Hills Christian – Rochester

Former school districts

In 2009, Center Area School District and Monaca School District merged to form

Communities

Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities:

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, townships, and, in at most two cases,

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. The following cities, boroughs and townships are in Beaver County:

Cities

Aliquippa Aliquippa is the largest city in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located on the Ohio River about northwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 9,238 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Formerly the loc ...

* Beaver Falls

Boroughs

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(county seat) * Big Beaver * Bridgewater * Conway *

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* East Rochester * Eastvale * Economy * Ellwood City (mostly in Lawrence County) * Fallston * Frankfort Springs *

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* Georgetown * Glasgow * Homewood * Hookstown *

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* Koppel * Midland *

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* New Brighton * New Galilee *

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* Patterson Heights * Rochester * Shippingport * South Heights * West Mayfield

Townships

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* Chippewa *

* Daugherty * First Moon (extinct) *

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* Hanover *

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* Hopewell *

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* Moon (extinct) * New Sewickley * North Sewickley * Patterson * Potter * Pulaski *

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* Rochester * Second Moon (extinct) * Sewickley (extinct) * South Beaver * Vanport * White

Census-designated places

* Harmony Township * Patterson Township

Unincorporated communities

* Byersdale * Cannelton * Fombell * Frisco *

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* Harshaville * Kobuta

Former community

* Borough Township – established in 1804 from the small southeast corner of South Beaver Township. In 1970, it was renamed Vanport Township.

Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Beaver County. † ''county seat''

Notable people

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– early explorer of the American west *

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–

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operative active in Operation Cyclone * Julian Michael Carver – science fiction novelist known for his usage of dinosaurs in fiction *

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– former NFL offensive tackle for the

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, inducted into the

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in 2003 *

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– head men's

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coach for The Naval Academy *

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– former NFL tight end for the

, Philadelphia Eagles and

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, and

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for the Chicago Bears and

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, inducted into the

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in 1988 (as a tight end) *

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– former NFL running back for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos, inducted into both the Pro and College Football Hall of Fame in 1994 *

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– born Troy Martin,

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, best known with

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, having also wrestled for World Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and (briefly) with the World Wrestling Federation. He is also a former teacher for

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– former Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Montreal Expos,

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and

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, and former manager for the Philadelphia Phillies and

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– former NFL defensive lineman for the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams,

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and Oakland Raiders *

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– musician, former member of

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and Wild Cherry, also notable for his solo performances *

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– former NFL

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for the New England Patriots, New York Jets,

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and Denver Broncos *

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– three-time

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-winning visual imaging artist, and visual effects supervisor of the movie

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– music composer, including "Moon River" and "

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", among many others * "Pistol" Pete Maravich – former NBA

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for the

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, New Orleans/Utah Jazz and

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, inducted into the

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in 1987 *

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– former NCAA Basketball coach *

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- Entrepreneur and "Founding Father of

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" *

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– former Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees,

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, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers * Ryan "Archie" Miller - former NCAA Basketball coach for the Dayton Flyers and

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- former NCAA Basketball coach for the

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* Joe Namath – former NFL and

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quarterback for the New York Jets and Los Angeles Rams, inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985 *

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– former NFL and AFL quarterback for the Green Bay Packers,

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, Oakland Raiders,

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and New York Jets, former

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quarterback for the

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, and All-American quarterback for the University of Kentucky *

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– NFL linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars *

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– Athletics Director for the

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– NFL

for the New York Jets * Jesse Steinfeld – former

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* Pete Suder – former Major League Baseball

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for the

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/ Kansas City Athletics * Mark Vlasic – former NFL quarterback for the San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs and

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* William Ziegler – industrialist and co-founder of the Royal Baking Powder Company

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