Potter County (Pennsylvania)
Potter County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. In the 2000 census, the county had 18,080 inhabitants and a population density of 6 people per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Coudersport. Potter County was named after James Potter, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War against England.
Geography
The County is located on the northern border of New Yor, has an area of 2801 square kilometers, which is a square kilometers of water and borders clockwise to the counties: Allegany County ( New York), Steuben County ( New York), Tioga County, Lycoming County, Clinton County, Cameron County and McKean County.
History
Potter County was formed on March 26, 1804, after James Potter, a general from Pennsylvania who served in the Continental Army during the American Civil War, named.
Major Isaac Lyman, a veteran of the American Civil War, was one of the first permanent settlers in the area and is the real founder of the Potter County. He paid each new settler who was willing to nierzulassen here, ten dollars. He was also the first road built by the County and the first flour mill and the first saw mill.
Cities and towns
- Abbott Township
- Allegany Township
- Austin
- Bingham Township
- Clara Township
- Coudersport
- East Fork
- Eulalia Township
- Galeton
- Genesee Township
- Harrison Township
- Hebron Township
- Hector Township
- Homer Township
- Keating Township
- Oswayo Township
- Oswayo
- Pike Township
- Pleasant Valley Township
- Portage Township
- Roulette Township
- Sharon Township
- Shinglehouse
- Stewardson Township
- Summit Township
- Sweden Township
- Sylvania Township
- Ulysses Township
- Ulysses
- West Branch Township
- Wharton Township
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