HISTORY: Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, PA, Roland D. Swoope, 1911, Chapter 25 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja and Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ NOTE: Use this web address to access other chapters: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/swoope/swoope.htm ________________________________________________ TWENTIETH CENTURY HISTORY OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS BY ROLAND D. SWOOPE, JR. PUBLISHED BY RICHMOND-ARNOLD PUBLISHING CO. F. J. Richmond, President C. R. Arnold, Secretary and Treasurer CHICAGO, ILL. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS 333 CHAPTER XXV STATISTICS Increase in Population Shown by Census Returns by Townships - Wealth of the County - Summary of Assessments for 1910. POPULATION The population of Clearfield county has increased rapidly since the opening up of its natural resources, in the way of coal, fire clay and other products. The population of the county has increased from 875 as shown by the census of 1810, the first census after the county was organized, to 93,766, according to the census of 1910. We give below the detail census returns for 1910, and 1900, showing the difference in population of the various townships and boroughs, according to the census returns. District 1910 1900 Beccaria township 3,095 2,924 Bell township 1,682 1,583 Bigler township 4,013 2,675 Bloom township 451 570 Boggs township 1,154 1,024 Bradford township 2,250 2,075 Brady township 2,823 2,638 Brisbin borough 459 666 Burnside borough 493 647 Burnside township 1,435 1,695 Chest township 872 1,022 Chester Hill borough 648 710 Clearfield borough 6,851 5,081 Coalport borough 876 938 Cooper township 5,713 4,629 Covington township 649 695 Curwensville borough 2,549 1,937 Decatur township 3,562 3,810 DuBois borough 12,623 9,375 Ferguson township 765 914 Girard township 606 570 Glen Hope borough 237 220 Goshen township 514 501 Graham township 664 626 Grampian borough 666 600 Greenwood township 590 806 Gulich township 2,112 1,071 Houtzdale borough 1,434 1,482 Huston township 2,653 1,974 Irvona borough 800 723 Jordan township 1,261 1,284 Karthaus township 1,332 1,066 Knox township 1,064 864 Lawrence township 4,025 3,370 Lumber City borough 363 224 Mahaffey borough 754 741 Morris township 4,994 4,460 New Washington borough 174 213 Newburg borough 274 314 Osceola borough 2,437 2,030 Penn township 936 840 334 HISTORY OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY Pike township 1,671 1,575 Pine township 32 Ramey borough 1,045 866 Sandy township 5,695 3,222 Troutville borough 260 308 Union township 785 944 Wallaceton borough 324 289 Westover borough 569 654 Woodward township 2,535 3,169 Total 93,768 80,614 WEALTH OF THE COUNTY The statistics given below give but a very imperfect idea of the real wealth of the county, because the assessments for taxation do not average over two-thirds of the actual value of the property. They are, however, the most reliable data that we can secure, as they are taken from the official figures of the Triennial Assessment of Clearfield county for the year 1910. The total amount of the valuation ofall property in the county as shown by these figures is $26,836,604.75, adding one-third, so as to approximate the real value of the property, would give us a total value of $35,782,-139.66. The figures in detail are as follows: SUMMARY OF THE TRIENNIAL ASSESSMENT OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 1910 Number of registered voters 20,835 Value of all real estate $20,557,520.00 Value of all real estate exempt $2,464,776.00 Value of all real estate taxable $18,092,744.00 Number horses and mules 7,146 Value horses and mules $328,445.00 Number cattle 7,861 Value cattle $119,655.00 Occupations 2,095,109.00 Agg. value of all property taxable for county purposes $20,635,953.00 Total value personal property assessed for State purposes, Money at Interest, Livery Rigs, etc. $3,735,875.75