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Cameron County, Pennsylvania

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1newspaper titles

0digitized titles

1historic places

1963earliest paper

1860formed

4,547pop. 2020

25cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 1 newspaper title published in Cameron County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1963. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 1 listed property in the county, first listed in 2022. Most listings are in or near Emporium.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Cameron

Library of Congress

1 newspaper title

Title	Place	Years
Area Shoppers' News	Emporium, Austin	1963–1963

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

19601976199320092026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 1 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

1 listed property

Property	City	Type	Listed
Cameron County Courthouse	Emporium	Building	2022

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Cameron was formed in 1860 (1860-10-12) from Clinton, Elk, McKEAN, Potter.

CAMERON created from CLINTON, ELK, McKEAN, and POTTER.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Cameron County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4,273	5,159	7,048	6,297	6,852	7,023	7,586	6,674	5,974	4,547

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

25 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 25 of 25 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Castle Garden Cemetery	41.33142	-78.1427
Crum Cemetery	41.31965	-78.09897
Gilmore Cemetery	41.45492	-78.05223
Gilmore Cemetery	41.44549	-78.05069
Grove Hill Cemetery	41.39061	-78.12589
Hicks Run Cemetery	41.36062	-78.24887
Huntley Cemetery	41.37321	-78.15783
Markert Cemetery	41.4841	-78.37732
Mason Hill Cemetery	41.37335	-78.19877
Miller Run Cemetery	41.35034	-78.06536
Mix Cemetery	41.33558	-78.19987
Moore Hill Cemetery	41.46487	-78.3153
Morrison Cemetery	41.49211	-78.2887
Newton Cemetery	41.50896	-78.21856
Oak Hill Cemetery	41.34347	-78.13604
Pine Street Cemetery	41.3986	-78.1901
Portage Township Cemetery	41.5913	-78.19818
Rich Valley Cemetery	41.53805	-78.30279
Saint James Catholic Cemetery	41.34309	-78.13499
Saint Marks Cemetery	41.50283	-78.21349
Sanford Cemetery	41.47295	-78.36
Smith Cemetery	41.40279	-78.01819
Sterling Run Cemetery	41.41357	-78.20089
Wyle Cemetery	41.38345	-78.17687
Wyside Cemetery	41.317	-78.08317

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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