Welcome to Clarion County Pennsylvania
History and Genealogy

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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.

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If you have the desire to help transcribe genealogical data and place it online for the free use of all researchers, contact Kim to become a host. Volunteer Information is available here.

This County currently does not have a host. This means that there is no one available to help answer your questions about this county's history or to help you with your family's genealogy within this county. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU.

Clarion County Data Online

Miscellaneous News Paper Articles From the Past

Tip Top Changes Its Name - Foxburg "played out" - Death after the Dance - Death of Hon. Reynold Laughlin

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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