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Jefferson County Pennsylvania



  • Municipalities
  • Brookville Boro
  • Reynoldsville Boro
  • Barnett Twp
  • Beaver Twp
  • Bell Twp
  • Big Run Boro
  • Brockway Boro
  • Clover Twp
  • Corsica Boro
  • Eldred Twp
  • Falls Creek Boro
  • Gaskill Twp
  • Heath Twp
  • Henderson Twp
  • Knox Twp
  • McCalmont Twp
  • Oliver Twp
  • Perry Twp
  • Pine Creek Twp
  • Polk Twp
  • Porter Twp
  • Punxsutawney Boro
  • Ringgold Twp
  • Rose Twp
  • Snyder Twp
  • Sumemrville Boro
  • Summerville Boro
  • Sykesville Boro
  • Timblin Boro
  • Union Twp
  • Warsaw Twp
  • Washington Twp
  • Winslow Twp
  • Worthville Boro
  • Young Twp

  • Historic Sites & Districts
  • Brookville
  • Clear Creek Day Use
  • Clear Creek Cabins

Jefferson County Courthouse is located at 155 Main Street, Brookville PA 16825; phone: 814-849-1653.

Beginnings [1]

Formed March 26, 1804; named for Thomas Jefferson; steep and rugged hills line the water courses of every stream, alternating with fine valley land, traversed by good roads through most picturesque scenery; the views are a continual delight. In early days large tracts of this land were held by rich proprietors who would neither improve nor sell at a fair price. The pioneer hewed his canoes out of pine trees, large enough to receive a barrel of flour crosswise; a homemade rope of flax was attached to the front to pull them over the ripples. The county is wonderfully rich in coal and an abundance of natural gas, and has developed more along commercial than it has along artistic lines. Chief industries: stock raising, coal, iron, glass, and silk.

  1. Archambault, A. Margaretta, ed., A Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania, John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia, 1924
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