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Elk County, Pennsylvania

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1newspaper titles

0digitized titles

12historic places

1894earliest paper

1843formed

30,990pop. 2020

38cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 1 newspaper title published in Elk County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1894. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 12 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978. Most listings are in or near St. Marys, Ridgway, Ridway.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Elk

Library of Congress

1 newspaper title

Title	Place	Years
Advokaten	Ridgway	1894–1896

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.

18901924195819922026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

5 of 12 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

12 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bonifels	Ridway	Building	1978
Decker's Chapel	St. Marys	Building	1998
Grant, O.B., House	Ridgway Township	Building	2004
Irwintown Site	Hallton	Site	2012
Johnsonburg Commercial Historic District	Johnsonburg	District	1999
Lake City School	Lake City	Building	2008
Loleta Recreation Area	Millstone Township	District	2015
Ridgway Armory	Ridgway	Building	1989
Ridgway Historic District	Ridgway	District	2003
St. Marys Historic District	St. Marys	District	1998
Swedish Lutheran Parsonage	Jones Township	Building	2005
Weidenboerner, John E., House	St. Mary's	Building	1992

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Elk was formed in 1843 (1843-04-18) from Clearfield, Jefferson, McKEAN.

ELK created from CLEARFIELD, JEFFERSON, and McKEAN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Elk County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,531	5,915	12,800	32,903	34,981	34,443	34,503	37,328	38,338	35,112	30,990

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

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

Cemeteries — 38 of 38 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Benezette Cemetery	41.31493	-78.38878
Brandy Camp Cemetery	41.31865	-78.6889
Brockport Cemetery	41.25701	-78.72393
Donahey Hill Cemetery	41.37452	-79.00618
Earleyville Cemetery	41.36132	-78.62578
Elkton Cemetery	41.36268	-78.60202
Fairview Cemetery	41.42531	-78.75522
Gardner Hill Cemetery	41.28092	-78.5564
Gray Cemetery	41.30442	-78.45272
Highland Cemetery	41.55914	-78.84707
Hollobaugh Cemetery	41.27148	-78.57267
Holy Cross Cemetery	41.30411	-78.68615
Holy Cross Cemetery	41.60977	-78.61641
Johnson Cemetery	41.32853	-78.33295
Lake City Cemetery	41.36581	-78.88572
Laurel Hill Cemetery	41.49324	-78.66722
Maria Lutheran Cemetery	41.35095	-78.61059
Maxwell Run Cemetery	41.38755	-78.93336
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	41.34327	-78.36531
Mount Zion Cemetery	41.30474	-78.48546
Mountain Church Cemetery	41.26142	-78.6981
Oakmont Cemetery	41.43851	-78.7488
Ott Cemetery	41.46106	-78.76407
Parklawn Memorial Gardens	41.37688	-78.68663
Pine Grove Cemetery	41.42478	-78.73975
Ridge Cemetery	41.34626	-78.65023
Saint Boniface Cemetery	41.36053	-78.6016
Saint Joseph Cemetery	41.25999	-78.50076
Saint Joseph Convent Cemetery	41.42969	-78.57037
Saint Leo's Cemetery	41.42644	-78.73975
Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery	41.43644	-78.57224
Saint Marys Protestant Cemetery	41.43455	-78.5543
Saint Michael's Cemetery	41.37575	-78.58841
Thayer Cemetery	41.42639	-78.74218
Wardvale United Methodist Cemetery	41.51402	-78.68289
Wardville Cemetery	41.51509	-78.68363
Weedville United Methodist Cemetery	41.27411	-78.49338
Wilcox Cemetery	41.57888	-78.68609

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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