Clarion, Pennsylvania Clarion, Pennsylvania The Clarion County Courthouse downtown The Clarion County Courthouse downtown Map showing Clarion in Clarion County Map showing Clarion in Clarion County Map showing Clarion County in Pennsylvania Map showing Clarion County in Pennsylvania Clarion is positioned in Pennsylvania Clarion - Clarion County Clarion Clarion is a borough in and the governmental center of county of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is positioned 77 miles (124 km) north-northeast of Pittsburgh and is part of the Pittsburgh DMA.
Clarion was settled in 1839 and incorporated in 1841.
The populace was 2,004 in 1900, 2,864 in 1910, and 5,276 at the 2010 census. It is home to the annual Autumn Leaf Festival and Clarion University of Pennsylvania.
Clarion is positioned slightly northeast of the center of Clarion County at 41 12 42 N 79 23 2 W (41.211791, -79.384005), in the Allegheny Plateau region of Pennsylvania.
The chief part of the borough sits at an altitude of 1,400 to 1,500 feet (430 to 460 m) above sea level, overlooking the 400-foot-deep (120 m) valley of the Clarion River, a tributary of the Allegheny River.
Route 322 passes through the borough as Main Street, dominant northwest 28 miles (45 km) to Franklin and southeast 16 miles (26 km) to Brookville.
Pennsylvania Route 68 (Fifth Avenue) leads south from the center of Clarion, 2 miles (3 km) to Exit 62 of Interstate 80 and 11 miles (18 km) to Sligo.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 1.62 square miles (4.19 km2), of which 1.58 square miles (4.08 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.11 km2), or 2.70%, is water. Clarion is governed by an elected, seven member Borough Council.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001): Clarion borough, Pennsylvania".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Media related to Clarion, Pennsylvania at Wikimedia Commons Clarion Borough official website Clarion Area Chamber of Business & Industry Explore - Clarion.com, guide to Clarion County Municipalities and communities of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States
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