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22-550: The Needmore Formation was originally described by Willard and Cleaves in 1939 as a dark- to medium-gray limy shale, based on exposures in southern Fulton County , Pennsylvania. They considered it part of the Onondaga Group. DeWitt and Colton (1964) described the Needmore as "soft calcareous medium dark-brownish-gray and greenish-gray shale and mudrock...and soft, slightly calcareous very fissile brownish-black shale" that

44-462: A massive 52.6% margin over John Kerry , making it Bush's strongest county in the slightly Democratic state, which Kerry won by a 2.5% margin over Bush. In 2008 , John McCain carried Fulton by a 48.6% margin over Barack Obama , McCain's best showing in Pennsylvania, which Obama won by a 10.3% margin over McCain. The county voted for Donald Trump in 2016 by a 70.8% margin, the highest in

66-540: Is between Needmore and Warfordsburg in southern Fulton County , Pennsylvania. Relative age dating places the Needmore in the middle Devonian . Loyalsburg Formation This article about a specific stratigraphic formation in Maryland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fulton County, Pennsylvania Fulton County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . As of

88-879: Is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km ) (0.1%) is water. It is in the watershed of the Chesapeake Bay and, although most of the county is drained by the Potomac River , some northern and northeastern areas are drained by the Juniata River into the Susquehanna River . It has a humid continental climate ( Dfa / Dfb ) and average monthly temperatures in McConnellsburg range from 29.2 °F in January to 73.0 °F in July. Fulton County

110-577: Is not as much of an environmental problem in Fulton County as it is in adjacent Bedford and Huntingdon Counties. Interesting geologic features within Fulton County include some of the following: As of the census of 2000, there were 14,261 people, 5,660 households, and 4,097 families residing in the county. The population density was 33 people per square mile (13 people/km ). There were 6,790 housing units at an average density of 16 units per square mile (6.2/km ). The racial makeup of

132-407: Is not resistant to weathering. They estimated its thickness in their study area (southern Bedford County , Pennsylvania, and most of Allegany County , Maryland) as approximately 150 feet. DeWitt and Colton (1964) identified brachiopods ( Coelospira acutiplicata , Eodevonaria arcuata ), trilobites ( Viaphacops cristata ), and ostracods ( Favulella favulosa ) in the Needmore. Type locality

154-478: Is one of only two counties in Pennsylvania with no known active railroad lines of any kind, the other being Sullivan County . Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities , boroughs , townships , and, in at most two cases, towns . The following boroughs and townships are located in Fulton County: The population ranking of the following table is based on

176-771: Is one of the 423 counties served by the Appalachian Regional Commission , and it is identified as part of "Greater Appalachia" by Colin Woodard in his book American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America . Fulton County is situated within the Ridge and Valley physiographic province , which is characterized by folded and faulted sedimentary rocks of early to middle Paleozoic age. The stratigraphic record of sedimentary rocks within

198-658: The 2010 census of Fulton County. † county seat 39°55′N 78°07′W  /  39.92°N 78.11°W  / 39.92; -78.11 Town Hill Town Hill is a mountain range that is located in Allegany County, Maryland and Bedford and Fulton counties in Pennsylvania . The southern end of this mountain range is 2.25 miles northwest of Kiefer in Allegany County. It trends northeasterly, and ends about 1.5 miles south of

220-560: The 2020 census , the population was 14,556, making it the fourth-least populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is McConnellsburg . The county was created on April 19, 1850, from a part of Bedford County and named after inventor Robert Fulton . The county is part of the Southwest Pennsylvania region of the state. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 438 square miles (1,130 km ), of which 438 square miles (1,130 km )

242-531: The Central Pennsylvania accent . Although Fulton County traditionally voted Democratic in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and Democrats held the edge in voter registration in the county until the late 20th century, it has displayed strong tendencies to vote for Republican candidates since the New Deal era. In the 2004 United States presidential election , George W. Bush carried the county by

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264-621: The Mississippian Pocono Formation , made of quartz sandstone and conglomerate . Rays Hill and Town Hill form a syncline , as do Scrub Ridge and Meadow Grounds Mountain, and Sideling Hill itself is a syncline. Dickeys Mountain and Tuscarora Mountain (along the eastern border with Franklin County) also form a syncline, but these ridges are held up by the Tuscarora Formation . Broad Top , located in

286-584: The Pleistocene epoch, or "Ice Age," periglacial (meaning "around glacier" or simply "cold") processes dominated. Most of the county was most likely a tundra during the Pleistocene. The Broad Top Coal Field is located in Wells Township in the northwestern corner of the county. The field contains bituminous coal . There are a few abandoned mines in the area, although acid mine drainage

308-596: The Potomac River in Hampshire County , West Virginia , Town Hill rises to a height of 1,306 feet (398 m). Town Hill is held up by the Mississippian age Pocono Formation , which dips to the northwest. The Mississippian-Devonian Rockwell Formation and Devonian Catskill Formation are exposed on the southeast flank of the mountain below the Pocono. Rays Hill , to the east, and Town Hill form

330-428: The age of 18 living with them, 59.50% were married couples living together, 8.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.60% were non-families. 24.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.95. In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.60% under

352-399: The age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 28.40% from 25 to 44, 25.00% from 45 to 64, and 14.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 100.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.60 males. Almost everyone who lives in Fulton County speaks English as their first language. The dominant form of speech in Fulton County is

374-679: The county spans from the Cambrian Shadygrove Formation outcropping just south of McConnellsburg to the Pennsylvanian Allegheny Group at the northernmost tip of the county. No igneous or metamorphic rocks of any kind exist within Fulton county. Mountain ridges within Fulton County include Rays Hill (along the western border with Bedford County), Town Hill , Sideling Hill , Scrub Ridge, and Meadow Grounds Mountain, and all these are held up by

396-412: The county was 98.25% White , 0.66% Black or African American , 0.20% Native American , 0.11% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.04% from other races , and 0.72% from two or more races. 0.36% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 40.8% were of German , 20.4% American , 8.3% Irish and 6.9% English ancestry. There were 5,660 households, out of which 31.70% had children under

418-532: The county. There are 6,851 registered Republicans , 1,523 registered Democrats , 674 voters registered non-affiliated voters, and 271 voters registered to other parties . Chart of Voter Registration As of 2016 all areas in the county use the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) in a law enforcement capacity, either with part-time police departments or with no other police departments. There are three K-12 school districts: Fulton County

440-433: The northeast corner of the county, is a plateau of relatively flat-lying rocks that are stratigraphically higher, and thus younger ( Mississippian and Pennsylvanian ), than most of the other rocks within the county. Broad Top extends into Huntingdon County to the north and Bedford County to the west. All of Fulton County lies far to the south of the terminal moraine , and thus it was never glaciated. However, during

462-471: The state. The county has voted for the Republican in every presidential election since 1964. In 2006, Rick Santorum and Lynn Swann received more than 60% of the Fulton County vote despite their defeats statewide. In the 2012 election , Fulton County was the only county in Pennsylvania where Barack Obama won less than 25% of the white vote. As of February 5, 2024, there are 9,319 registered voters in

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484-497: The town of Emmaville in Fulton County. Its highest elevation is 2000 feet. Interstate 70 crosses Town Hill at a narrow angle to the mountain, following the ridge for four to five miles as it slowly climbs one side and descends the other. In Maryland, Interstate 68 skirts the southern edge of the mountain while the original alignment of U.S. Route 40 , now signed as U.S. Route 40 Scenic , crosses over it. Part of Buchanan State Forest lies on Town Hill in Fulton County. South of

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