Jefferson County, PA

Headnote
JEFFERSON COUNTY, situated toward the westerly part of Pennsylvania. Area, 1,200 square miles. Face of the country hilly; soil of middling quality. Seat of justice, Brookville. Pop. in 1810, 161; in 1820, 561; in 1830, 2,225; in 1840, 7,253; in 1830, 13,516. (Fanning's, 1853)
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County
Containing Unit
Pennsylvania

Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
JEFFERSON COUNTY, situated toward the westerly part of Pennsylvania. Area, 1,200 square miles. Face of the country hilly; soil of middling quality. Seat of justice, Brookville. Pop. in 1810, 161; in 1820, 561; in 1830, 2,225; in 1840, 7,253; in 1830, 13,516.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 173.
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Tornadoes in the northwestern Pennsylvania highlands devastate kill seven and injure thirty Crime/Disasters
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