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==History== Juniata County was historically a part of [[Cumberland County, Pennsylvania|Cumberland County]] and later Mifflin County.<ref name = "a history"/> Juniata County was formed on March 2, 1831, from parts of Mifflin County. It is named after the Juniata River. The word "juniata" itself is a [[Seneca language|Seneca]] word that means either "people of the standing stone" or "blue waters". The first boroughs in the county to be settled were Mifflintown and Thompsontown, which were settled in 1790. Port Royal and Mifflin were settled in 1812 and 1848, respectively. The first of these boroughs to be incorporated was Mifflintown, on March 6, 1833, and the last was Thompsontown, on February 7, 1868.<ref name = "chapter02"/> However, the first settlers (unauthorized squatters) arrived in the county and were removed from it considerably earlier, by 1750. One of the first warrants for land in the county was issued in 1755.<ref name = "a history"/><ref name = "chapter02"/> Many of the earliest landowners in Delaware Township were [[speculator]]s as opposed to settlers.<ref name = "a history"/> There was an Indian raid in the county in 1755 and 1756, although [[Fort Bingham]] and [[Fort Peterson]] had been constructed.<ref name = "chapter02"/> The Beale family was one of the earliest families to inhabit the county. 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. A [[public road]] was built in the county between Tuscarora Creek and a location near Shade Mountain in 1768. John Hamilton constructed a [[sawmill]] and gristmill on Cocolamus Creek in Delaware Township in 1776. The first known physician in the county, Dr. Ezra Doty, settled in Mifflintown in 1791.<ref name = "a history"/> The first four townships in what would become Juniata County were formed on October 23, 1754. They were Lack Township, Aire Township, Fannett Township, and Tyrone Township. These early townships had no formal boundaries. By 1913, the original townships had been divided into a total of 13 townships.<ref name = "a history"/> The [[Pennsylvania Canal]] began serving Juniata County in 1826 and closed in 1900. The [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] reached the county in the late 1840s. The [[Tuscarora Valley Railroad]] was also in the county until it closed in 1934.<ref name = "chapter02"/> During [[Hurricane Agnes]] in 1972, a total of 6374 acres of Juniata County were flooded. 57 families were displaced during this flooding.<ref name = "chapter01"/> Juniata County was the last county in Pennsylvania to develop a modern comprehensive plan.<ref name = "chapter01"/> It did, however, construct a comprehensive plan in 1974.<ref name = "chapter01"/> In a 1997 survey, 66.8% of respondents found Juniata County a "very desirable" living place. In a similar survey in 2007, however, only 56.9% of respondents found the county a "very desirable" living place.<ref name = "chapter01"/> ===Historic places=== [[File:Academia Bridge, Spanning Tuscarora Creek, bypassed section of Mill, Academia (Juniata County, Pennsylvania).jpg|thumb|left|The Academia Pomeroy Covered Bridge]] {{Main|National Register of Historic Places listings in Juniata County, Pennsylvania}} Eight locations in Juniata County are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. They were listed between 1972 and 1986. They include the [[Academia Pomeroy Covered Bridge]], the [[Tuscarora Academy]], and the [[Book site]] in Beale Township; the Lehmans-Port Royal Bridge in Milford Township; and the East Oriental and North Oriental covered bridges. The [[Dimmsville Covered Bridge]] in Greenwood Township had been designated as a historic place, but fell into disrepair and collapsed in April 2017.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.lewistownsentinel.com/news/local-news/2017/04/local-covered-bridge-crumbles/| title= Local covered bridge crumbles |last=Schalk |first=Kiernan |work=Lewistown Sentinel |date=April 17, 2017 |access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref> Eight additional places are eligible for a listing on the National Register of Historic Places. There are five [[List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Juniata County|Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission historical markers]] in Juniata County. They commemorate the [[Tuscarora Path]], the Tuscarora Academy, [[Patterson's Fort]], Fort Bingham, and Juniata County itself.<ref name = "chapter02"/> The Academia Pomeroy Covered Bridge (also known as the Pomeroy Academia Covered Bridge) was built in 1901. It is {{convert|18|ft|m}} wide and {{convert|278|ft|m}} long, making it one of the longest remaining [[covered bridge]]s in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Citation|editor = George E. Thomas|url = http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-JU10|title = Pomeroy Academia Covered Bridge|year = 2012|access-date = May 13, 2014}}</ref>
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