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Bedford County
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county in Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Founded
- March 9, 1771
- Named after
- Fort Bedford
- Seat
- Bedford
- Largest borough
- Bedford
- Total
- 1,017 sq mi (2,630 km )
- Land
- 1,012 sq mi (2,620 km )
- Water
- 4.6 sq mi (12 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 47,480
- Density
- 47/sq mi (18/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 13th
- Website
- bedfordcountypa .org
- Designated
- October 17, 1982
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Bedford County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pennsylvania
- Capital
- Bedford
- Population
- 47577
- Area
- 2635
- Shares border with
- Cambria County
- Official website
- bedfordcountypa.org
- Image
- Bedford County Courthouse Pennsylvania.jpg
- Households
- 19930
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- Commons category
- Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- topic's main category
- Category:Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1771-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- different from
- Bedford County
- native label
- Bedford County
- per capita income
- 26950
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Encyclopedic overview
Bedford County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,577. The county seat is Bedford. The county is part of the Southwest region of the commonwealth.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bedford County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.