57 families were displaced during this flooding. ĭuring Hurricane Agnes in 1972, a total of 6374 acres of Juniata County were flooded. The Tuscarora Valley Railroad was also in the county until it closed in 1934. The Pennsylvania Railroad reached the county in the late 1840s. The Pennsylvania Canal began serving Juniata County in 1826 and closed in 1900. By 1913, the original townships had been divided into a total of 13 townships. These early townships had no formal boundaries. They were Lack Township, Aire Township, Fannett Township, and Tyrone Township. The first four townships in what would become Juniata County were formed on October 23, 1754. Ezra Doty, settled in Mifflintown in 1791. The first known physician in the county, Dr. John Hamilton constructed a sawmill and gristmill on Cocolamus Creek in Delaware Township in 1776. A public road was built in the county between Tuscarora Creek and a location near Shade Mountain in 1768. More settlers arrived in the 1750s and 1760s and the first gristmill on the western side of the Juniata River was built in the county in 1767. The Beale family was one of the earliest families to inhabit the county. There was an Indian raid in the county in 17, although Fort Bingham and Fort Peterson had been constructed. Many of the earliest landowners in Delaware Township were speculators as opposed to settlers. One of the first warrants for land in the county was issued in 1755. However, the first settlers (unauthorized squatters) arrived in the county and were removed from it considerably earlier, by 1750. The first of these boroughs to be incorporated was Mifflintown, on March 6, 1833, and the last was Thompsontown, on February 7, 1868. Port Royal and Mifflin were settled in 18, respectively. The first boroughs in the county to be settled were Mifflintown and Thompsontown, which were settled in 1790. The word "juniata" itself is a Seneca word that means either "people of the standing stone" or "blue waters". Juniata County was formed on March 2, 1831, from parts of Mifflin County. Juniata County was historically a part of Cumberland County and later Mifflin County. The county has historically been part of Mifflin County and before that, part of Cumberland County. The first European settlers arrived in Juniata County in the 1750s. There are five areas that are protected by the Central Pennsylvania Conservancy and 59 natural heritage sites in the county. The county has four boroughs and thirteen townships, and is served by two school districts: the Juniata County School District and Greenwood School District. Route 322, Pennsylvania Route 74, Pennsylvania Route 850, and Pennsylvania Route 333. The main roads in Juniata County are Pennsylvania Route 235, Pennsylvania Route 35, Pennsylvania Route 104, U.S. The most population-dense parts of the county are the boroughs of Mifflintown and Mifflin. Juniata County has a relatively low population density. The county lies over 16 different rock formations (which are from the Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian) and 51 different soils. Major rivers and creeks in the county include the Susquehanna River, the Juniata River, Tuscarora Creek, and West Branch Mahantango Creek. Agricultural land and forested land make up most of the county's area. Mountains in Juniata County include Tuscarora Mountain and Shade Mountain. The county was created on March 2, 1831, from part of Mifflin County and named for the Juniata River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,509. Juniata County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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