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Skip to content Home County Departments Assessment & Tax Claim Children & Youth Clearly Ahead Development Conservation District Court Administration Domestic Relations Handbook Glossary of Terms Contact DRO Officers DRO Forms & Downloads Election & Voter Registration Election Central Election Results Sample Ballots Candidate List Precinct Locator Results Archive Emergency Management/911 Online Mapping Viewer Digital Data Marcellus Shale Activity Paper Maps Comprehensive Plan Maps Addresses County FTP Human Resources Information Technology Jail Planning Planning Board & Staff Members Planning Housing Initiatives Planning Resources & Forms Planning Comprehensive Plan Planning Links Public Defender Probation & Fines and Costs Solid Waste Authority Veteran’s Affairs Victim/Witness Visit Clearfield County Elected Officials Commissioners Controller Coroner District Attorney District Magistrates Prothonotary & Clerk of Courts Register & Recorder Sheriff Treasurer Resources Act 13 Usage Reports Commissioners Meetings Minutes County Calendar County Email County Millage Chart Court Calendar County Department Listing Dog License Purchases & Renewals Local Attorney List Marriage License MuniciPay Pistol Permits Online Assessment Records Prescription Discount Cards Right to Know Election New Election Equipment Candidate List Election Central Election Results Sample Ballots Precinct Locator Results Archive Employment Tax Sale Map Viewer Home Online Map Viewer | Data | Marcellus | Paper Maps | Comp Plan Maps | Addresses | FTP A little history about Clearfield County… Clearfield County is located in the center of Pennsylvania with direct access to major markets in the Northeastern United States and the Midwest via US Interstate 80 which runs directly through the center of the county. There are 6 exits off US Interstate 80 in Clearfield County with 5 of the exits having potential economic development properties available near the exits. Recent additions to the Clearfield County business community include the Wal-Mart Distribution Center located in Bradford Township at old Exit 20 of Interstate 80, the newly-constructed Clearfield Campus of Lock Haven University and the State Correctional Institute at Houtzdale. Economic Development opportunities also exist at the new DuBois Industrial Park. Beautiful Clearfield County was formed by parts of Lycoming and Huntingdon Counties and was organized by the Act of Assembly on March 26, 1804. Governor Thomas McKean, governor of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth during that period in time, approved the Act of Assembly. Clearfield’s name is derived from the clear fields that were found along the Clearfield Creek and in other areas of the county. These clearings were most likely created from the Bison herds that formally roamed that area and from the old corn fields of the Native Americans. The first Clearfield County Commissioners were Roland Curtin, James Fleming, and James Smith; all of which were appointed by Governor McKean. Their first act as County Commissioners was to select a place to construct a county seat. On May 20, 1805, the commissioners arrived at land that was owned by Abraham Witmer (the name in which lower and upper Witmer Parks, located along the West Branch of Susquehanna waterfront in Clearfield Borough, are named). At that time, the town was known as Chincleclamousche, named after the Native American chief of the Cornplanter’s tribe of Senecas. Clearfield County was not a totally independent entity, however. In 1812, Clearfield County formed its first board of commissioners: Robert Maxwell, Hugh Jordan, Samuel Fulton, and Arthur Bell Sr. This assembly worked for the next ten years to pass a law that fully organized Clearfield County as a fully independent county. This Act of Assembly was passed on January 29, 1822. Clearfield County’s major industries, during this time, were the lumber yards and coal mining beds that littered the county. Lumber was still being floated down the West Branch of the Susquehanna River until 1917, when the railroads were brought in to the major towns of the county. Coal was, and remains, one of the major industries. The “black diamonds” are still being mined today, though the majority of coal removal is done by strip mining. The county seat, Clearfield Borough established in 1840, is located in the Appalachian Mountains along Interstate 80, just off Exit 120, previously known as Exit 19 Comments are closed. Search for: Search John Kaskan Director Email: ccgis@clearfieldco.org Phone: 814.765.2641 Ext: 5001 Contact County Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4pm Courthouse Address: 1 North Second St. Clearfield, PA 16830 814.765.2641 Courthouse Annex Address: 230 East Market St. Clearfield, PA 16830 814.765.2641 Administrative Offices Address: 212 East Locust St. Clearfield, PA 16830 814.765.2642 Copyright | Clearfield County Government Powered by Nirvana & WordPress....