Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

Armstrong County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 72,392. 2006 Census figures had the county's population at 70,096, which represents a 3% drop since 2000. It is located northeast of and. Armstrong County was added to the in 2003.

The is. The county was organized on, from parts of ,  and  Counties. It was named in honor of, who had represented Pennsylvania in the.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,721 (664 ). 1,694 km² (654 sq mi) of it is land and 27 km² (11 sq mi) of it (1.58%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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History
The County was named after Brigadier-General.

Armstrong County is home to the City of Parker, an incorporated third-class city, which was an oil boom town with a population rumored to be approximately 20,000 in 1873, but now is the "Smallest City in America" with a population under 800. Parker is located in the extreme northwest part of the county.

Iron was made in the Brady's Bend area of the county twenty years before there was a foundry in Pittsburgh doing so. Ford City is home to the plate-glass industry, as John Ford created the company which later became Pittsburgh Plate Glass.

Kittanning once boasted more millionnaires than anywhere else in Pennsylvania during the 1880s.

Leechburg was the first place in the United States to use natural gas for metallurgical purposes, in 1869. Natural gas was found while drilling for oil, and eventually introduced into the boilers and furnaces of Siberian Iron Works here.

Freeport, Leechburg and Apollo were communities built along the Pennsylvania Canal, which passed through on the Allegheny and Kiskiminetas Rivers, at the southern border of the county.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 72,392 people, 29,005 households, and 20,535 families residing in the county. The was 43/km² (111/sq mi). There were 32,387 housing units at an average density of 19/km² (50/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.32%, 0.82% or , 0.09% , 0.12% , 0.02% , 0.13% from , and 0.50% from two or more races. 0.43% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 29,005 households out of which 29.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.90% were living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.20% were non-families. 25.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county, the population was spread out with 22.90% under the age of 18, 7.20% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 18.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.10 males.

County Government
County Commissioners:
 * Patricia L. Kirkpatrick, Chairman (Republican)
 * James V. Scahill (Republican)
 * Richard L. Fink (Democrat)

District Attorney:
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Sheriff:
 * Larry Crawford (Democrat)

Controller:
 * Myra "Tammy" Miller (Republican)

Treasurer:
 * Sonie Mervis (Republican)

Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds:
 * Beverly Claypool Casella (Republican)

Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts:
 * Brenda C. George (Republican)

Jury Commissioners:
 * Karen Shreckengost (Republican)
 * Patricia Graff Fiorina (Democrat)

Judges:
 * Joseph A. Nickleach, President Judge
 * Kenneth G. Valasek, Judge

Pennsylvania State Senate

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Pennsylvania House Of Representatives

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United States House of Representatives

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Municipalities
Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities:, , townships, and, in at most two cases,. The following cities, boroughs and townships are located in Armstrong County:

Census-designated places
s are geographical areas designated by the for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other unincorporated communities, such as villages, may be listed here as well.