Huntingdon County is a

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in the

Commonwealth A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has been synonymous with "republic". The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,092. Its

county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US ...

Huntingdon Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by John, King of England, King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cr ...

. The county was created on September 20, 1787, mainly from the northern part of Bedford County, plus an addition of territory on the east (Big Valley, Tuscarora Valley) from Cumberland County. Huntingdon County comprises the Huntingdon, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.6%) is water. It has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

(''Dfa''/''Dfb'') and average monthly temperatures in Huntingdon borough range from 27.8 °F in January to 72.3 °F in July

Features

Raystown Lake Raystown Lake is a reservoir in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It is the largest lake that is entirely within Pennsylvania. The original lake was built by the Simpson family of Huntingdon as a hydroelectric project. The current Raystown Lake ...

Tussey Mountain Tussey Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States, trending east of the Bald Eagle, Brush, Dunning and Evitts Mountain ridges. Its southern foot just crosses the Mason–Dixon line near Flintstone, Maryland, runn ...

Adjacent counties

Centre County Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County comprises the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The lan ...

(north) *

Mifflin County Mifflin County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,143. Its county seat is Lewistown. The county was created on September 19, 1789, from parts of Cumberland County and Northumberla ...

(east) * Juniata County (east) * Franklin County (southeast) * Fulton County (south) * Bedford County (southwest) *

Blair County Blair County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 122,822. Its county seat is Hollidaysburg. The county was created on February 26, 1846, from parts of Huntingdon and Bedford counties. B ...

(west)

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 45,913 people and 17,280 households within the county. The

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopu ...

was 52 people per square mile (20/km²). There were 22,365 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile (9/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 92.50%

White White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White ...

, 5.21%

Black Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white ha ...

African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

, 0.09% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.01%

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, 0.87% from other races, and 0.92% from two or more races. 1.58% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. 33.9% were of

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

, 17.1%

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

, 11.1% Irish, 7.5%

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ...

and 5.7% Italian ancestry. There were 16,759 households, out of which 30.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.10% were

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ...

living together, 8.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.60% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.30% 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 2.92. In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.70% under the age of 18, 10.10% from 18 to 24, 29.40% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 14.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 109.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.20 males. Almost everyone that lives in Huntingdon County speaks

as their first language. The dominant form of speech in Huntingdon County is the Central Pennsylvania accent of English. In some areas of the county, such as Kishacoquillas Valley, where many

Amish The Amish (; pdc, Amisch; german: link=no, Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins. They are closely related to Mennonite churc ...

and

Mennonite Mennonites are groups of Anabaptist Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Christianity during the R ...

people live, a dialect of

known as

Pennsylvania Dutch The Pennsylvania Dutch ( Pennsylvania Dutch: ), also known as Pennsylvania Germans, are a cultural group formed by German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. They emigrated primarily from German-spe ...

(from ''Deutsch'', the word for German) is commonly spoken.

2020 Census

Micropolitan Statistical Area

The

United States Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, but it also examines agency programs, pol ...

has designated Huntingdon County as the Huntingdon, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area (µSA). As of the 2010 census the micropolitan area ranked 11th most populous in the State of Pennsylvania and the 249th most populous in the United States with a population of 45,913.

Law and government

County Commissioners

*Mark Sather (chair) (R) *Scott Walls (R) *Jeffrey Thomas (D)

State Senate

Judy Ward Judith "Judy" Ward is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 30th Senatorial district in Blair County, Pennsylvania. She is registered as Republican. Education and career Ward graduated from Hollidaysburg High School and a ...

, Republican, Pennsylvania's 30th Senatorial District *

Jake Corman Jacob Doyle Corman III (born September 9, 1964) is an American politician and former President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate 1999 to 2022, holding the same seat his father, Doyle Corman, pre ...

, Republican, Pennsylvania's 34th Senatorial District

State House of Representatives

* Rich Irvin, Republican, Pennsylvania's 81st Representative District

United States House of Representatives

* John Joyce, Republican, Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district

United States Senate

Pat Toomey Patrick Joseph Toomey Jr. (born November 17, 1961) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator for Pennsylvania since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he served three terms as the U.S. representa ...

, Republican * Bob Casey Jr., Democrat

Education

Public school districts

* Huntingdon Area School District * Juniata Valley School District * Mount Union Area School District (also in Mifflin County) * Southern Huntingdon County School District *

Tussey Mountain School District The Tussey Mountain School District is a Public school (government funded), public school district serving parts of Bedford County, Pennsylvania and Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. The rural district serves a large number of communities. In Hu ...

(also in Bedford County) * Tyrone Area School District (also in Blair and Centre Counties)

Related entities

* Huntingdon County Career and Technology Center: Mill Creek * Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11

Charter schools

* New Day Charter School (7–12): Huntingdon * Stone Valley Community Charter School (K–5): McAlevy's Fort

Private schools

* Calvary Christian Academy: Huntingdon * Class School: Mill Creek * Grier School: Birmingham * Huntingdon Christian Academy: Huntingdon * Huntingdon County Child & Adult Development Center * Meadow Green Mennonite School: Three Springs * Shavers Creek Christian School: Petersburg * Tiny Tots Childcare and Learning Center: Shade Gap * West Penn F Grace Brethren: Saxton * Woodcock Valley Center on Children: Huntingdon

Colleges and universities

* Juniata College, a small, independent liberal arts college, is located in the county seat of Huntingdon. * DuBois Business College, Huntingdon County campus, located in the former Huntingdon High School building in the borough of Huntingdon. * Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, Huntingdon center (located in Walker Township)

Libraries

* Huntingdon County Library * Memorial Public Library of the Borough of Alexandria * Mount Union Community Library

Transportation

Major highways

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Media

Radio stations

AM

* ESPN RADIO 1150 AM:

(Sports) * WIEZ 670 AM: Lewistown (News/Talk) * WMAJ 1450 AM: State College (Sports) * WVAM 1430 AM: Altoona (Sports) * WFBG 1290 AM: Altoona (News/Talk) * WKMC 1370 AM: Roaring Spring (Nostalgia) * WRTA 1240 AM: Altoona (News/Talk) * WRSC 1390 AM: State College (News/Talk) * WBLF 970 AM: Bellefonte (News/Talk) * WPHB 1260 AM: Philipsburg (Country) * WKVA 920 AM:

Burnham Burnham may refer to: Places Canada *Burnham, Saskatchewan England *Burnham, Buckinghamshire ** Burnham railway station **Burnham Grammar School *Burnham Green, Hertfordshire, location of The White Horse * Burnham, Lincolnshire **High Burnham, I ...

(Oldies) * WHP 580 AM:

Harrisburg Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in ...

(News/Talk) * KDKA 1020 AM:

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

(heard much better at night) (News/Talk) * WWVA 1170 AM:

Wheeling, West Virginia Wheeling is a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Located almost entirely in Ohio County, of which it is the county seat, it lies along the Ohio River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and also contains a tiny portion extending ...

- (heard much better at night) (News/Talk/Country) * WGY 810 AM:

Schenectady, New York Schenectady () is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-largest city by population. The city is in eastern New Yo ...

(heard much better at night) (News/Talk)

FM

* WHUN 103.5 FM:

(Oldies) * WDBF 106.3 FM: Selinsgrove (Country) * WKVR 92.3 FM:

(College) * W273BE 102.5 FM:

(Public Radio) * WFGY 98.1 FM: Altoona (Country) * WFGE 101.1 FM: Tyrone (Country) * WBUS 93.7 FM: State College (Classic Rock) * WWOT 100.1 FM: Altoona (Top 40) * WJOW 105.9 FM: Philipsburg (Country) * WSKE 104.3 FM: Everett (Country) * WJSM 92.7 FM: Martinsburg (Religious) * WHPA 93.5 FM: Gallitzin (Oldies) * WBRX 94.7 FM:

Cresson ''Cresson'' is the French word for ''watercress''. It may refer to: ; Places * Battle of Cresson, a small battle fought on May 1, 1187, in what now is Israel, near Nazareth * Cresson, Pennsylvania, a United States borough * Cressona, Pennsylvania ...

(Adult Contemporary) * WRXV 89.1 FM: State College (Christian Contemporary) * WTLR 89.9 FM: State College (Religious) * WRKY 104.9 FM:

Hollidaysburg Hollidaysburg is a borough in and the county seat of Blair County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located on the Juniata River, south of Altoona and is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania, metropolitan statistical area. In 1900, 2,9 ...

(Classic Rock) * WRKW 99.1 FM: Ebensburg (Classic Rock) * WFGI 95.5 FM: Johnstown (Country) * WVNW 96.7 FM:

(Country) * WCHX 105.5 FM:

(Classic Rock) * WQWK 103.1 FM: State College (Classic Rock) * WLTS 99.5 FM: Centre Hall (Classic Hits) * WPSU 91.5 FM: State College (Public Radio)

Newspapers

* ''The Daily News''

Television

* CBS:

WTAJ-TV WTAJ-TV (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Johnstown–Altoona–State College market as an affiliate of CBS. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios on 6th Ave ...

, Altoona * ABC: WATM-TV, Johnstown * Fox: WWCP-TV, Johnstown * NBC: WJAC-TV, Johnstown * PBS: WPSU-TV, State College * CW:

WPCW WPCW (channel 19), branded on-air as Pittsburgh's CW, is a television station licensed to Jeannette, Pennsylvania, United States, serving as the CW affiliate for the Pittsburgh area. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside CBS ...

, Jeannette

Communities

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

cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

boroughs A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle A ...

, townships, and, in at most two cases,

towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an or ...

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

Boroughs

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...

* Broad Top City * Cassville * Coalmont *

Dudley Dudley is a large market town and administrative centre in the county of West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham. Historically an exclave of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the ...

(county seat) * Mapleton * Marklesburg * Mill Creek * Mount Union *

Orbisonia Orbisonia is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 428 at the 2010 census. __TOC__ Geography Orbisonia is located in southeastern Huntingdon County at (40.243345, -77.893362), on the northeastern sid ...

* Petersburg * Rockhill * Saltillo * Shade Gap * Shirleysburg * Three Springs

Townships

* Barree * Brady *

Carbon Carbon () is a chemical element with the symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent—its atom making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. It belongs to group 14 of the periodic table. Carbon ma ...

* Cass *

Clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4). Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay pa ...

Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three Ki ...

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

* Franklin *

Henderson Henderson may refer to: People * Henderson (surname), description of the surname, and a list of people with the surname *Clan Henderson, a Scottish clan Places Argentina *Henderson, Buenos Aires Australia *Henderson, Western Australia Canada * ...

* Hopewell * Jackson * Juniata * Lincoln *

Logan Logan may refer to: Places * Mount Logan (disambiguation) Australia * Logan (Queensland electoral district), an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Logan, Victoria, small locality near St. Arnaud * Logan City, local gov ...

Miller A miller is a person who operates a mill, a machine to grind a grain (for example corn or wheat) to make flour. Milling is among the oldest of human occupations. "Miller", "Milne" and other variants are common surnames, as are their equivalent ...

* Morris *

Oneida Oneida may refer to: Native American/First Nations * Oneida people, a Native American/First Nations people and one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy * Oneida language * Oneida Indian Nation, based in New York * Oneida ...

* Penn * Porter * Shirley * Smithfield * Springfield * Spruce Creek * Tell *

Todd Todd or Todds may refer to: Places ;Australia: * Todd River, an ephemeral river ;United States: * Todd Valley, California, also known as Todd, an unincorporated community * Todd, Missouri, a ghost town * Todd, North Carolina, an unincorporated ...

* Union * Walker * Warriors Mark *

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Census-designated places

* Allenport * McConnellstown

Unincorporated communities

* Calvin * Entriken

Population ranking

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

Notable people

Dylan Lane ''Chain Reaction'' is an American television game show created by Bob Stewart, in which players compete to form chains composed of two-word phrases. The show has aired five separate runs: Bill Cullen hosted the original series on NBC from Jan ...

(born 1977), game show host (hosted Chain Reaction) (born in Tyrone,

, spent whole life in Huntingdon) *

Isabel Stewart North Isabel Stewart North (June 20, 1860 – March 6, 1929) was an American song composer, music educator, and publisher. North was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, to Lucy R. Royer and J. Sewell Stewart. She studied music at the Burlingame Seminary ...

(1860-1929), composer *

Robert Elliott Speer Robert Elliott Speer (10 September 1867 – 23 November 1947) was an American Presbyterian religious leader and an authority on missions. Biography He was born at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania on 10 September 1867. He graduated from Phillips Academy ...

(1867–1947), American religious leader * Martin Grove Brumbaugh (1862–1930), 26th

Governor of Pennsylvania A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Horace Porter Horace Porter (April 15, 1837May 29, 1921) was an American soldier and diplomat who served as a lieutenant colonel, ordnance officer and staff officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, personal secretary to General and President Ul ...

(1837–1921),

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polici ...

general A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". O ...

and US

diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or interna ...

* John Purdue (born October 31, 1802, in Huntingdon County), primary original benefactor of

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and ...

* Hugh Brady (born July 29, 1768, in Standingstone), U.S. Army general

References

External links

Huntingdon County official website

Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce official website

Huntingdon County Business & Industry

Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau official website

Huntingdon County Community Website

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City-Data.com

Community Events and Business Directory for Huntingdon County, Pa
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