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Clarion County was formed on March 11, 1839, out of Armstrong and Venango counties and was named for the Clarion River. It became an early center of the iron industry and was also noted for its coal resources and lumbering. The county seat, Clarion, was incorporated as a borough on April 6, 1841.
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Clarion, Pennsylvania · United States
