Clarion County is a

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in the Commonwealth of

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,241. Its

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is Clarion. The county was formed on March 11, 1839, from parts of Venango and

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counties. Clarion County is entirely defined as part of the

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Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.5%) is water. It has a warm-summer

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(''Dfb''), and average temperatures in Clarion borough range from 24.5 °F in January to 82 °F in July.

Adjacent counties

* Forest County (north) * Jefferson County (east) * Armstrong County (south) * Butler County (west) * Venango County (west)

Parks

Part of

Cook Forest State Park Cook Forest State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Farmington Township, Clarion County, Barnett Township, Forest County and Barnett Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Located just south of the Allegheny Na ...

is in Clarion County. The Clarion County Park is located in Paint Township. Clarion County Veterans Memorial Park is located directly across Main Street (Route 322) from the Clarion County Courthouse in the center of the Borough of Clarion.

Major highways

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 41,765 people, 16,052 households, and 10,738 families residing in the county. The

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was 69 people per square mile (27/km²). There were 19,426 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile (12/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.16%

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, 0.79%

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, 0.11% Native American, 0.34%

Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...

, 0.08% from

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, and 0.52% from two or more races. 0.41% of the population were

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of any race. 43.9% were

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, 12.9% American, 10.5%

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, 8.0%

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, 6.3% Scotch-Irish, 5.5%

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and 2.6%

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, and 2.0% French ancestry. There were 16,052 households, out of which 28.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.90% were married couples living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.10% were non-families. 26.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.95. In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.60% under the age of 18, 15.40% from 18 to 24, 25.20% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.40 males.

2020 Census

Government

Voter Registration

As of February 21, 2022, there are 23,454 registered voters in Clarion County. * Democratic: 6,247 (26.64%) *

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: 14,567 (62.11%) *

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: 1,851 (7.89%) *

Third Party Third party may refer to: Business * Third-party source, a supplier company not owned by the buyer or seller * Third-party beneficiary, a person who could sue on a contract, despite not being an active party * Third-party insurance, such as a V ...

: 789 (3.36%)

County Commissioners

* Wayne Brosius; Republican * Ted Tharan; Republican * Ed Heasley; Democrat

Other county officials

* Hon. James G. Arner, senior judge, Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas * Hon. Sara Seidle-Patton, president judge, Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas * Duane L. Quinn (18-3-01), district judge * Timothy P. Schill (18-3-02), district judge * Jarah L Heeter (18-3-03), district judge * Jeffery C. Miller (18-3-04), district judge * Drew Welsh; Republican, District Attorney * Rex Munsee; Republican, sheriff * Karyn Montana; Republican, treasurer

State Senate

State House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

United States Senate

Education

Colleges and universities

Clarion University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion, also known as PennWest Clarion, is a public university campus in Clarion, Pennsylvania. Part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), the institution was founded in 1867 and offers ...

Public school districts

Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District (ACVSD) is a small, rural, public school district in western Pennsylvania. It spans portions of four counties and is the only Pennsylvania public school district to do so. The district is one of the 5 ...

* Clarion Area School District *

Clarion-Limestone Area School District The Clarion-Limestone Area School District is a small, rural, public school district which spans portions of two counties. In Clarion County, it serves the Borough of Strattanville and Clarion Township, Limestone Township and Millcreek Town ...

Karns City Area School District Karn City Area School District is a public school district in Butler County, Clarion County, and Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The district serves the boroughs of Chicora, Fairview, Karns City, Petrolia, and Bruin and the townships of Pa ...

* Keystone School District * North Clarion County School District * Redbank Valley School District *

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Intermediate unit

Public school districts and private schools in the county are served by Riverview Intermediate Unit IU6 which provides special education and professional development services.

Technical school

Clarion County Career Center is located along State Route 66 in Marianne (Shippenville address).

Private schools

*Alexander Amish School - Venus *Bear Run School - Knox *Christs Dominion Academy - Summerville *Clarion Center School - Clarion *County Corner - Knox *Deer View School - Mayport *Immaculate Conception School - Clarion *Little Bird Preschool - New Bethlehem *Meadow View Amish School - Knox *New Bethlehem Mennonite School - New Bethlehem *Shady Nook Amish School - Sligo *St Josephs School - Lucinda *Zacheral Amish School - Venus

Communities

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

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, and, in at most two cases,

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. The following boroughs and townships are located in Clarion County:

Boroughs

* Callensburg * Clarion (county seat) * East Brady * Foxburg *

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* Knox * New Bethlehem * Rimersburg * Shippenville * Sligo *

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* Strattanville

Townships

* Ashland * Beaver *

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* Clarion * Elk *

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* Knox *

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* Millcreek * Monroe * Paint *

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* Piney *

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* Richland * Salem *

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Census-designated places

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* Leeper *

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* Tylersburg * Vowinckel

Population ranking

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

Notable people

* Marietta Bones (1842–1901) - suffragist, social reformer, philanthropist * Fred Caligiuri (1918–2018) - Major League Baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Athletics, 1941, 1942); as of 2018 was the oldest living major-league player; born in Forest County; former resident of Knox and Rimersburg *

Hunter Corbett Hunter Corbett D.D. (; December 8, 1835 – January 7, 1920) was a pioneer American missionary to Chefoo (Zhifu芝罘区, in Yantai), Shandong China, he served with the American Presbyterian Mission. He was a fervent advocate of the missionary ent ...

- pioneer American Presbyterian missionary to China, ministered in China for 56 years *

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- NFL athlete ( Buffalo Bills); grew up in East Brady *

Chris Kirkpatrick Christopher Alan Kirkpatrick (born October 17, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, music producer, and occasional actor, who is best known for his work as the founding member of the pop group NSYNC, in which he sang countertenor. He al ...

- musician (

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); born in Clarion * Dominick Labino - glass artist; born in Fairmount City (Redbank Township); managed the Owens-Illinois glass plant in Clarion *

Ossee Schreckengost Ossee Freeman Schreckengost (April 11, 1875 – July 9, 1914), born F. Osee Schrecongost, was an American professional baseball catcher and first baseman. He played for seven Major League Baseball (MLB) teams between 1897 and 1908. Between 190 ...

- Major League Baseball player; born in New Bethlehem * Randall Silvis - author and screenwriter; born in Madison Township * Grace M. Sloan (1902–2001), Pennsylvania state treasurer and auditor general * Ernest M. Skinner - pipe organ builder, inventor; born in Clarion *

Jane Wolfe Sarah Jane Wolfe (March 21, 1875 – March 29, 1958) was an American silent film character actress who is considered an important female figure in magick. She was a friend and a colleague of Aleister Crowley and a founding member of Agape Lodg ...

- silent film actress and

thelemite Thelema () is a Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy and new religious movement founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician. The word ' ...

; born in St. Petersburg

References

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