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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania today has 67 counties, but
there were not always that many. For proper genealogical research in most states, you need to know the geo/political boundaries during the time when your ancestor's records were established. Below is a list of all 67 Pennsylvania counties with the year of creation. Each county is linked to it's own web page where you'll find additional information, plus a map highlighting where that county is located today. |
Click here if you'd like to view the list of counties in chronological order.
| Adams (1800) | Allegheny (1788) | Armstrong(1800) | Beaver (1800) |
| Bedford (1771) | Berks (1752) | Blair (1846) | Bradford (1810) |
| Bucks (1682) | Butler (1800) | Cambria (1804) | Cameron (1860) |
| Carbon (1843) | Centre (1800) | Chester (1682) | Clarion (1839) |
| Clearfield (1804) | Clinton (1839) | Columbia (1813) | Crawford (1800) |
| Cumberland (1750) | Dauphin (1785) | Delaware (1789) | Elk (1843) |
| Erie (1800) | Fayette (1783) | Forest (1848) | Franklin (1784) |
| Fulton (1850) | Greene (1796) | Huntingdon (1787) | Indiana (1803) |
| Jefferson (1804) | Juniata (1831) | Lackawanna (1878) | Lancaster (1729) |
| Lawrence (1849) | Lebanon (1813) | Lehigh (1812) | Luzerne (1786) |
| Lycoming (1795) | McKean (1804) | Mercer (1800) | Mifflin (1789) |
| Monroe (1836) | Montgomery (1784) | Montour (1850) | Northampton (1752) |
| Northumberland (1772) | Perry (1820) | Philadelphia (1682) | Pike (1814) |
| Potter (1804) | Schuylkill (1811) | Snyder (1855) | Somerset (1795) |
| Sullivan (1847) | Susquehanna (1810) | Tioga (1804) | Union (1813) |
| Venango (1800) | Warren (1800) | Washington (1781) | Wayne (1798) |
| Westmoreland (1773) | Wyoming (1842) | York (1749) |