Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
county in Pennsylvania, United States
Huntingdon County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,092. Its county seat is Huntingdon. The county was created on September 20, 1787, mainly from the northern part of Bedford County, plus an addition of territory on the east (Big Valley, Tuscarora Valley) from Cumberland County. The county is part of the Southwest region of the commonwealth.
Huntingdon County comprises the Huntingdon, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 889 square miles (2,300 km2), of which 875 square miles (2,270 km2) is land and 15 square miles (39 km2) (1.6%) is water. It has a humid continental climate (Dfa/Dfb) and average monthly temperatures in Huntingdon borough range from 27.8 °F in January to 72.3 °F in July. Huntingdon County is one of the 423 counties served by the Appalachian Regional Commission, and it is identified as part of "Greater Appalachia" by Colin Woodard in his book American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America.
Features
Raystown Lake
Tussey Mountain
Coffee Run
Sugar Grove Run
Adjacent counties
Centre County (north)
Mifflin County (east)
Juniata County (east)
Franklin County (southeast)
Fulton County (south)
Bedford County (southwest)
Blair County (west)
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 44,092 and a median age of 44.2 years.
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