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Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

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1newspaper titles

0digitized titles

20historic places

1830earliest paper

1804formed

80,562pop. 2020

160cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 1 newspaper title published in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1830. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 20 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Clearfield, Penfield, Bells Landing.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Clearfield

Library of Congress

1 newspaper title

Title	Place	Years
Banner and Democrat	Clearfield	1830–1839

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.

18301879192819772026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

10 of 20 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

20 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bridge in Greenwood Township	Bells Landing	Structure	1988
Bridge in Westover Borough	Westover	Structure	1988
Clearfield Armory	Clearfield	Building	1989
Clearfield County Courthouse	Clearfield	Building	1979
Coalport Historic District	Coalport	District	1999
Commercial Hotel	Dubois	Building	1985
Dimeling Hotel	Clearfield	Building	1980
Dubois Historic District	DuBois	District	1997
Elliott, S. B., State Park Day Use District	Clearfield	District	1987
Elliott, S. B., State Park Family Cabin District	Clearfield	District	1987
Hogback Bridge	Curwensville	Structure	1988
Irvin-Patchin House	Burnside	Building	1979
McGees Mills Covered Bridge	Mahaffey	Structure	1980
Murray, Thomas, House	Clearfield	Building	1979
Old Town Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Clearfield	District	1979
Parker Dam State Park Family Cabin District	Penfield	District	1987
Parker Dam State Park-Octagonal Lodge	Penfield	Building	1987
Parker Dam State Park-Parker Dam District	Penfield	District	1987
Schrot, Joseph F. and Anna B., Farm	Hyde	Building	2011
St. Severin's Old Log Church	Cooper Settlement	Building	1975

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Clearfield was formed in 1804 (1804-03-26) from Huntingdon, Lycoming.

CLEARFIELD created from HUNTINGDON and LYCOMING.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Clearfield County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1810	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
875	2,342	7,834	18,759	43,408	80,614	103,236	92,094	85,957	81,534	83,578	83,382	80,562

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

160 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 160 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alexander Cemetery	40.83303	-78.42003
Allemansville Cemetery	40.72993	-78.408
Allport Cemetery	40.97506	-78.19919
American Legion Cemetery	40.82585	-78.35286
Ashcroft Cemetery	40.92524	-78.20729
Banner Ridge Cemetery	40.87967	-78.69143
Baughman Cemetery	40.88886	-78.39673
Baughman Cemetery	40.87857	-78.31952
Bell Cemetery	40.79773	-78.49422
Beulah Cemetery	40.80973	-78.40098
Bigler Cemetery	40.98592	-78.30144
Bloomington Cemetery	40.93491	-78.5189
Bradford Cemetery	41.0068	-78.34954
Bundy Cemetery	41.19242	-78.60427
Bundy Cemetery	41.19946	-78.68815
Burnside Cemetery	40.80987	-78.79022
Calvary Cemetery	40.81832	-78.41706
Calvary Cemetery	41.00603	-78.43136
Center Hill Cemetery	40.97134	-78.25447
Centre United Methodist Cemetery	40.88208	-78.28549
Chestnut Grove Cemetery	41.02153	-78.64716
Congress Hill Cemetery	41.07717	-78.26444
Conway Cemetery	41.19363	-78.63819
County Home Cemetery	41.02506	-78.40893
Criswell Cemetery	40.73781	-78.40246
Cross Cemetery	40.86375	-78.63619
Crossroads Cemetery	40.78361	-78.46644
Crown Crest Memorial Park	40.99528	-78.46913
Dales Cemetery	41.01226	-78.29696
Dressler Cemetery	41.12327	-78.65599
Dunkard Cemetery	40.79396	-78.68599
East Ridge Cemetery	40.72984	-78.72451
Eden Church Cemetery	41.10805	-78.34353
Egypt Cemetery	41.0575	-78.33197
Emmanuel - Boone Mountain Cemetery	41.18943	-78.68239
Evangelical Cemetery	41.02264	-78.78588
Fairview Cemetery	40.79778	-78.61986
Fairview United Methodist Cemetery	41.03486	-78.23303
Ferguson Cemetery	40.92332	-78.54915
Forest Baptist Cemetery	40.96582	-78.15999
Fox Family Cemetery	40.73027	-78.37091
Friends Cemetery	40.95695	-78.60459
Fruit Hill Cemetery	40.85569	-78.54214
Fulton Cemetery	41.0285	-78.38492
Gillingham Cemetery	41.11833	-78.31297
Ginter Cemetery	40.75459	-78.39351
Goshen Cemetery	41.08116	-78.39406
Goss Cemetery	40.9157	-78.33809
Goss Cemetery	40.86236	-78.26321
Grandview Cemetery	40.94466	-78.23458
Grassflat Lanse Lutheran Cemetery	41.00339	-78.11957
Greenville Cemetery	41.01099	-78.60453
Greenwood Cemetery	41.15037	-78.74841
Harmony Cemetery	40.78165	-78.7288
Harmony Chapel Cemetery	40.77286	-78.61593
Henderson Cemetery	40.86095	-78.3836
Hillcrest Cemetery	41.02611	-78.43213
Holy Trinity Catholic Church Cemetery	40.79501	-78.39463
Hunter Cemetery	40.97728	-78.19307
Hunter Cemetery	40.97758	-78.19317
Immanuel Cemetery	40.96584	-78.15679
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery	40.83863	-78.35698
Keewaydin Cemetery	41.10478	-78.15301
Kooker Cemetery	41.24147	-78.54705
Kylertown Presbyterian Cemetery	40.9914	-78.1668
La Jose Cemetery	40.8354	-78.6858
Laurel Run Cemetery	41.16459	-78.5287
Lumber City Cemetery	40.92915	-78.58497
Luthersburg Union Cemetery	41.05473	-78.72358
Mahaffey Cemetery	40.87003	-78.71685
McClure Cemetery	40.95578	-78.54339
McNaul Cemetery	40.98935	-78.5361
McPherron Church Cemetery	40.7768	-78.61451
Messiah Baptist Cemetery	40.98659	-78.14406
Mokes Hill Cemetery	40.9214	-78.26916
Morningside Cemetery	41.12561	-78.72058
Mount Carmel Cemetery	40.93443	-78.781
Mount Joy Cemetery	41.05448	-78.43549
Mount Joy Cemetery	40.79503	-78.72793
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	41.23685	-78.57689

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Glendale	41.03312	-78.62392
Mascot	40.85061	-78.40113

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

Historical markers

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