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Indiana County, Pennsylvania

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4newspaper titles

0digitized titles

23historic places

1814earliest paper

1803formed

83,246pop. 2020

137cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 4 newspaper titles published in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1814. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 23 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Indiana, Blairsville, Willet.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Indiana

Library of Congress

4 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The American	Indiana	1814–1826
The American, Indiana & Jefferson Republican	Indiana	1826–1827
The American, and Republican Gazette	Indiana	1827–1828
The Apalachian [Sic]	Blairsville	1846–1855

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.

18101864191819722026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

20 of 23 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

23 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Blairsville Armory	Blairsville	Building	1989
Breezedale	Indiana	Building	1979
Bridge in West Wheatfield Township	Robinson	Structure	1988
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway Indiana Passenger Station	Indiana	Building	1993
Clark, Sen. Joseph O., House	Glen Campbell Borough	Building	2011
Clark, Silas M., House	Indiana	Building	1978
Commodore Historic District	Commodore	District	1994
Diehl, George, Homestead	Indiana	Building	1987
Downtown Indiana Historic District	Indiana	District	1993
Graff's Market	Indiana	Building	1980
Harmon's Covered Bridge	Willet	Structure	1979
Indiana Armory	Indiana	Building	1991
Indiana Borough 1912 Municipal Building	Indiana	Building	1983
Kintersburg Covered Bridge	Kintersburg	Structure	1979
McCormick, John B., House	Georgeville	Building	1974
Mitchell, James, House	Indiana	Building	1978
Old Indiana County Courthouse	Indiana	Building	1974
Old Indiana County Jail and Sheriff's Office	Indiana	Building	1979
Saltsburg Historic District	Saltsburg	District	1992
St. Peter's Episcopal Church and Rectory	Blairsville	Building	1988
Sutton, John, Hall	Indiana	Building	1975
Thomas Covered Bridge	Creekside	Structure	1979
Trusal Covered Bridge	Willet	Structure	1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Indiana was formed in 1803 (1803-03-30) from Lycoming, Westmoreland.

INDIANA created from LYCOMING and WESTMORELAND.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1810	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
6,214	8,882	20,782	33,687	40,527	42,556	80,910	79,854	77,106	75,366	92,281	89,605	83,246

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	National Memorial	43.3 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 137 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Armagh Cemetery	40.45202	-79.0208
Armagh Old Presbyterian Cemetery	40.45109	-79.03158
Beracha Presbyterian Church Cemetery	40.79842	-79.1726
Best Cemetery	40.76279	-78.96823
Bethel Cemetery	40.43367	-79.06827
Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery	40.55295	-79.24228
Bethesda Cemetery	40.66196	-78.88846
Black Lick Cemetery	40.46659	-78.96658
Blairsville Cemetery	40.43262	-79.25312
Brickell Cemetery	40.86648	-78.87271
Brush Valley Cemetery	40.54898	-79.02334
Brush Valley Methodist Cemetery	40.53608	-79.06763
Center Presbyterian Cemetery	40.68515	-79.1966
Cherry Hill Progressive Brethren Cemetery	40.6397	-79.0646
Cherry Tree Cemetery	40.73193	-78.81331
Church of the Resurrection Cemetery	40.73225	-78.99964
Church of the Resurrection Cemetery	40.66586	-79.03149
Citizens Cemetery	40.72894	-78.81179
Clarksburg Presbyterian Cemetery	40.52866	-79.38007
Columbia Cemetery	40.69854	-79.04576
Conemaugh Cemetery	40.50652	-79.36431
Conrad Cemetery	40.48123	-79.01281
Cookport Cemetery	40.69277	-78.92334
Cookport Lutheran Cemetery	40.696	-78.91671
Coral Lutheran Cemetery	40.49953	-79.1775
Covenenter Cemetery	40.53638	-79.37691
Cresswell Cemetery	40.54325	-79.07246
Crete Cemetery	40.59699	-79.24225
Crooked Creek Baptist Cemetery	40.71161	-79.15175
Curry Run Cemetery	40.65356	-79.27211
Devers Cemetery	40.8905	-78.87485
Diamondville Cemetery	40.65997	-78.95942
Dixonville Wesleyan Methodist Church Cemetery	40.71957	-79.00483
Dormition of Saint Mary Cemetery	40.78687	-79.21488
Dunkard United Brethren Cemetery	40.59977	-78.99807
Dutch Bethel Evangelical Cemetery	40.50197	-79.08124
East Mahoning Cemetery	40.74425	-78.92252
East Union - McCartney Cemetery	40.51132	-78.95723
East Union Presbyterian Cemetery	40.71235	-78.97636
Ebenezer Cemetery	40.50812	-79.32043
Edgewood Cemetery	40.48756	-79.44162
Evans Cemetery	40.52735	-79.06172
Fairview Cemetery	40.76299	-78.91205
Fairview Cemetery	40.84691	-78.94443
Fairview McIntire Cemetery	40.54004	-79.27289
Frye Cemetery	40.53003	-79.08281
Frye Cemetery	40.82156	-78.90249
Gamble Cemetery	40.44033	-79.11325
Gardner - Bennett Cemetery	40.80671	-78.82033
Georgeville Cemetery	40.83143	-79.10273
Germany Lutheran Cemetery	40.43527	-79.10655
Germany United Methodist Church Cemetery	40.41913	-79.11625
Gilgal Cemetery	40.81898	-79.0597
Graham Cemetery	40.85324	-78.84076
Greenwood Cemetery	40.60628	-79.16088
Grove Chapel Lutheran Church Cemetery	40.69732	-79.10296
Harmony Cemetery	40.60781	-79.00699
Harmony Grove Cemetery	40.73172	-79.21994
Hazelet Cemetery	40.74248	-78.85357
Henry Cemetery	40.80372	-78.82293
Homer City Cemetery	40.54232	-79.16402
Hopewell Cemetery	40.48514	-79.26727
Isabelle Cemetery	40.37785	-79.12167
Iselin Cemetery	40.56274	-79.38304
Jacksonville United Presbyterian Church Cemetery	40.54237	-79.2836
Kunkle Cemetery	40.51844	-79.22204
Laurel Swamp Cemetery	40.63607	-78.93001
Little Zion Cemetery	40.88831	-79.01109
Mahoning United Presbyterian Cemetery	40.81219	-79.06787
Manor Cemetery	40.63155	-78.9862
Maple Grove Cemetery	40.60084	-78.95987
Marchand Cemetery	40.86455	-79.0224
Marion Center Memorial Cemetery	40.77463	-79.05307
McDowell Cemetery	40.66416	-78.85685
Methodist Episcopal Cemetery	40.87804	-79.01639
Montgomery Cemetery	40.76772	-78.90758
Mount Pleasant Cemetery of Covode	40.88394	-79.01658
Mount Tabor Cemetery	40.45356	-79.13422
Mount Union Cemetery	40.61014	-78.8728
Mount Zion Cemetery	40.62307	-78.88624

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Centerville	40.38952	-79.07336
Robindale	40.4009	-79.0367

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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