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Clarion County is a county located in the northwest section of Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Clarion. The county was formed on March 11, 1839 from parent counties Venango Co. and Armstrong Co. This county is available for adoption. If you have the desire to help transcribe genealogical data and place it online for the free use of all researchers, contact Kim or Nancy to become a host. Volunteer Information is available here.

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Clarion County Data Online
NEW!!  COURT RECORDS

  • Guardianships : Guardianship of William L and Margaret A DOLBY and Guardianship: John Peter Dolby - Contributed by Christine Walters

DEATHS  

  • Obituaries and Death Notices -  

    • NEW!! Added Children of James J. Aaron

    • NEW!! Obituary of Albert J Servey  - Contributed by Kyle M. Condon

EVENTS
  • Disasters (Explosion of the Robert Torpedo Nitro Glycerine Factory - Death of James Barnum)
HISTORY

True Tales of Clarion River  - Contributed by Pete Smith

I am in possession of a copy of True Tales of the Clarion River (#127 of 1150) printed under the auspices of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Raftsmen Association in 1933( a 1971 reprint). It is a compelation of essays written by the last few generations of those involved in the rafting /lumber/ flatboating industry on the Clarion/Allegheny/ Ohio Rivers.My mothers family(Kerrs/ Watsons/Fitzgearlds/Harmons/Porters) were involved in said industry from the War of 1812 to the end of that way of life in the 1930's. - Pete Smith

  • A Few Early Clarion River Experences by James P. Kerr of Clarion Pa.
  • A Sketch of Porters Landing James P. Kerr of Clarion Pa.
  • How Gravel Lick was Named by Mrs. Clinton Fitzgerald of Marianville Pa.
  • PIONEERS OF GRAVEL LICK by Mrs. Levada Watson Kerr of Erie, Pa.
  • HISTORY OF STATE ROAD RIPPLE  by B.M. Davis of Clarion Pa.
  • Historical Facts Of Buck Run And The Origin And Construction Of The First Standard Clarion River Boat by A.C. Thompson of Waynesville ,Ohio
  • ON THE BANKS OF THE BEAUTIFUL CLARION  (Poem) by Irene Furman Rodgers

MILITARY

NEWSPAPERS

  • Miscellaneous News Paper Articles From the Past    
    NEW!!      Oil Production in Clarion County (1871), Edenburg boss town of oil regions (1876)

  • Along The Zigzag   Humerous Tale from a Traveling Salesman about Clarion County in 1882
    "It's a funny country where you have to travel three miles in going 200 feet, and where they pump oil in their front yards and dig coal in their gardens, and I've just got back from a trip in that country," said Commercial Traveller John Gilbert, in the Astor House rotunda ..... (Read More!!)

Boroughs and Census Designated Places
Callensburg Clarion Day Dutch Hill East Brady
East Foxburg (Tip Top) Emlenton Foxburg Hawthorn Henderson
Knox Kossuth Mechanicsville New Bethlehem Perryville
Reidsburg Rimersburg Shippenville Sligo St. Petersburg
Stone House Strattanville Tylersburg Waterson West Freedom
West Montery

Townships
Ashland Township Beaver Township Brady Township Clarion Township Elk Township
Farmington Township Highland Township Knox Township Licking Township Limestone Township
Madison Township Millcreek Township Monroe Township Paint Township Perry Township
Piney Township Porter Township Redbank Township Richland Township Salem Township
Toby Township Washington Township

Surrounding Counties
Forest County (north) Armstrong County (south) Venango County (west)
Jefferson County (east) Butler County (southwest)

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