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Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

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3newspaper titles

0digitized titles

42historic places

1809earliest paper

1787formed

44,092pop. 2020

197cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 3 newspaper titles published in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1809. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 42 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Huntingdon, Franklinville, Alexandria.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Huntingdon

Library of Congress

3 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The American Eagle	Huntingdon	1809–1819
The Aurora and Courier	Hollidaysburg, Hollidaysburg	1833–1836
Advocate and Sentinel	Huntingdon	1836–1841

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.

18001856191319692026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 42 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

42 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Andrews, H. O., Feed Mill	Union	Building	1990
Baker Bridge	Newburg	Structure	1990
Barree Forge and Furnace	Alexandria	District	1990
Birmingham Bridge	Birmingham	Structure	1990
Brumbaugh Homestead	Marklesburg	Building	1979
Colerain Forges Mansion	Franklinville	Building	1990
Corbin Bridge	Huntingdon	Structure	1990
East Broad Top Railroad NHL	Rockhill Furnace	District	1966
Frehn Bridge	Springfield	Structure	1990
Greenwood Furnace	McAlevys Fort	District	1989
Greenwood Lake Dam	Belleville	Structure	1987
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company	Mount Union	District	1990
Hudson Grist Mill	Saltillo	Building	1990
Huntingdon Armory	Huntingdon	Building	1989
Huntingdon Borough Historic District	Huntingdon	District	1986
Huntingdon Furnace	Franklinville	District	1990
Juniata Iron Works	Alexandria	District	1990
Leas, Benjamin B., House	Shirleysburg	Building	1984
Lloyd and Henry Warehouse	Huntingdon	Building	1990
Marklesburg Historic District	Marklesburg	District	1996
Minersville Coke Ovens	Coalmont	Site	1990
Monroe Furnace	McAlevys Fort	District	1989
Mount Union Historic District	Mount Union Borough	District	1994
Oyer, Christian, Jr., House	Huntingdon	Building	1995
Paradise Furnace	Entriken	District	1990
Pennsylvania Canal Guard Lock and Feeder Dam, Raystown Branch	Springfield	Structure	1990
Pennsylvania Furnace Mansion	Pennsylvania Furnace	Building	1990
Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge over Shavers Creek	Petersburg	Structure	1990
Pennsylvania Railroad District	Spruce Creek	District	1990
Pennsylvania Railroad Old Bridge over Standing Stone Creek	Huntingdon	Structure	1990
Pulpit Rocks NHL	Huntingdon	Site	1993
Robb Farm	Walker Township	Building	2011
Robertsdale Historic District	Robertsdale	District	1992
Runk Bridge	Shirleysburg	Structure	1990
Seeds, Hugh D. and Martha S., Farm	Tyrone	Building	1999
Shade Gap Feed and Flour Mill	Shade Gap	Building	1990
Smalley, Lewis, Homestead	Allenport	Building	1978
Spruce Creek Rod and Gun Club	Franklinville	Building	1991
St. Mary's Covered Bridge	Orbisonia	Structure	1980
Warrior Ridge Dam and Hydroelectric Plant	Petersburg	District	1990
Whipple Dam State Park Day Use District	Huntingdon	District	1987
Woodvale Historic District	Woodvale	District	1992

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Huntingdon was formed in 1787 (1787-09-20) from Bedford.

HUNTINGDON created from BEDFORD.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Huntingdon County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
7,565	13,008	20,142	35,484	28,100	33,954	34,650	39,848	41,836	40,872	39,457	42,253	45,586	44,092

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

197 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 197 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Agudath Achim Memorial Park	40.51579	-77.96844
Alexandria Methodist Cemetery	40.56248	-78.1034
Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery	40.55976	-78.09449
Anderson Cemetery	40.39517	-78.09555
Anderson Family Cemetery	40.40058	-78.05121
Ave Maria Cemetery	40.21139	-78.17447
Baker Family Cemetery	40.16612	-77.93448
Baptist Church Cemetery	40.17632	-77.96471
Bare - Garver Cemetery	40.27655	-77.93609
Barkley Cemetery	40.34652	-77.7568
Beavertown Cemetery	40.27374	-78.07715
Beck Family Cemetery	40.70535	-78.16639
Bell's Furnace Cemetery	40.34618	-77.80777
Bennett Cemetery	40.67948	-77.89693
Bethel Cemetery	40.31998	-77.84975
Birmingham Cemetery	40.64772	-78.19378
Blair Cemetery	40.16986	-77.8655
Bolinger Family Cemetery	40.23702	-77.84861
Booth Family Cemetery	40.13697	-77.99599
Bowman Cemetery	40.32256	-77.99926
Branstetter Cemetery	40.68285	-78.18303
Broad Top Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery	40.20539	-78.14329
Brown Cemetery	40.46587	-77.87981
Brumbaugh Cemetery	40.32636	-78.213
Burket Cemetery	40.6922	-78.12648
Cambell Cemetery	None	None
Campbell Family Cemetery	40.49629	-77.93178
Carolus Cemetery	40.62923	-77.91552
Cassville Cemetery	40.293	-78.03005
Cedar Grove Cemetery	40.57482	-78.04419
Cherry Grove Cemetery	40.15601	-78.0151
Chilcoat Family Cemetery	40.2084	-77.92013
Coles Valley Cemetery	40.21635	-78.05391
Colmont Cemetery	40.20909	-78.20194
Corbin Family Cemetery	40.43752	-77.98563
Cornelius Cemetery	40.25064	-78.00892
Cornpropst Mills Baptist Cemetery	40.57684	-77.88929
Coy Cemetery	40.57885	-77.87847
Cree Cemetery	40.0982	-77.86605
Cromwell Church Cemetery	40.11758	-77.98806
Crow Cemetery	40.22963	-77.81563
Cryder Cemetery	40.56966	-78.07782
Dell Family Cemetery	40.3624	-77.9629
Detweiler Cemetery	40.52049	-77.84071
Donation Cemetery	40.56643	-77.93933
Douglas Cemetery	40.28801	-77.87698
Dudley Methodist Cemetery	40.20932	-78.18184
Duffey Family Cemetery	40.18489	-77.91828
Earl Family Cemetery	40.58483	-78.04913
Edwards Family Cemetery	40.21575	-78.08609
Elf Cemetery	40.26875	-77.74008
Ennisville Cemetery	40.63713	-77.84589
Entriken Cemetery	40.32883	-78.20768
Evans Cemetery	None	None
Evans Family Cemetery	40.54715	-77.90786
Evans Family Cemetery	40.26204	-78.07745
Ewing Cemetery	40.61703	-77.92774
Fair Ridge Church Cemetery	40.13567	-77.88585
Fairview Cemetery	40.21238	-78.03742
Fields Farm Cemetery	40.38785	-77.90416
Flasher Family Cemetery	40.21567	-77.93897
Fleming Cemetery	40.13325	-77.83743
Frank Cemetery	40.39276	-78.15275
Franklinville Cemetery	40.64726	-78.09553
Funk Cemetery	40.69617	-78.12417
Germany Valley Cemetery	40.31317	-77.84141
Gilboa Cemetery	40.30854	-77.89045
Gilliland Cemetery	40.23199	-77.86088
Goodman Cemetery	40.46699	-77.9486
Gorsuch Cemetery	40.53614	-77.96165
Granview Cemetery	40.22969	-78.23573
Graysville Cemetery	40.69283	-78.03042
Grazier Cemetery	40.69398	-78.19041
Greenlee Presbyterian Cemetery	40.65053	-77.82921
Greenwood Furnace Cemetery	40.64833	-77.75832
Grove Cemetery	40.41036	-78.13586
Hampson Family Cemetery	40.40982	-77.94052
Haven Rest Memorial Park Cemetery	40.33554	-77.86734
Hawn Cemetery (historical)	40.42952	-78.03306
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery	40.48699	-78.00711

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Page	40.33341	-77.99556

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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