Editing Beaver County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|444|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|435|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|9.3|sqmi}} (2.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_42.txt |access-date=March 4, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It has a [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfa''/''Dfb'') and average monthly temperatures in the Beaver/Rochester vicinity range from 29.4&nbsp;°F in January to 73.2&nbsp;°F in July.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ |title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University |website=prism.oregonstate.edu}}</ref> Beaver County is one of the 423 counties served by the [[Appalachian Regional Commission]],<ref name="ARC">{{cite web |title=About the Appalachian Region |url=https://www.arc.gov/about-the-appalachian-region/ |publisher=Appalachian Regional Commission |access-date=23 June 2024}}</ref> and it is identified as part of the "Midlands" by Colin Woodard in his book ''[[American Nations|American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America]]''.<ref name="NYT_CW">{{cite news |last1=Woodard |first1=Colin |title=The Maps That Show That City vs. Country Is Not Our Political Fault Line |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/opinion/urban-rural-united-states-regions-midterms.html |work=New York Times |date=July 30, 2018 |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref>

===Bodies of water===
* The [[Ohio River]] flows north through Beaver County from a point near [[Ambridge, Pennsylvania|Ambridge]], then turns west near [[Beaver, Pennsylvania|Beaver]] and on to the [[Ohio]] and [[West Virginia]] borders. It divides the southern third of the county from the northern two-thirds.
* The [[Beaver River (Pennsylvania)|Beaver River]] flows south from [[Lawrence County, Pennsylvania|Lawrence County]] entering Beaver County near [[Koppel, Pennsylvania|Koppel]] and continuing south to its confluence with the Ohio near Beaver.

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Lawrence County, Pennsylvania|Lawrence County]] (north)
*[[Butler County, Pennsylvania|Butler County]] (east)
*[[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]] (southeast)
*[[Washington County, Pennsylvania|Washington County]] (south)
*[[Hancock County, West Virginia]] (west)
*[[Columbiana County, Ohio]] (west)

===Protected areas===
*[[Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
*[[Raccoon Creek State Park]], a [[List of Pennsylvania state parks|Pennsylvania state park]]
*Brady’s Run Park
*Brush Creek Park
*Old Economy Park