Bedford
Bedford County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,577. The county seat is Bedford. The county is part of the Southwest region of the commonwealth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: County with 49,800 residents
- Description: county in Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Bedford County”, “Bedford County, PA”, and “Bedford County, Pennsylvania”
- Neighbors: Allegany County
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Bedford and The Coffee Pot.
Fort Bedford
Museum
Fort Bedford was a French and Indian War-era British military fortification located at the present site of Bedford, Pennsylvania. The fort was a star-shaped log fortress erected in the summer of 1758.
The Coffee Pot
Photo: Jeff Kubina, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Coffee Pot in Bedford, Pennsylvania is an example of novelty architecture. The lunch stand was built in the shape of a coffee pot by David Koontz in 1927.
Espy House
Historic building
Photo: Canadian2006, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The David Espy House is a historic house at 123 East Pitt Street in Bedford, Pennsylvania. Built in 1770, it is significant as the residence used by President George Washington when he was leading the troops that put down the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bedford and Manns Choice.
Bedford
Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bedford is a borough and the county seat of Bedford County, in the Alleghenies and Susquehanna Valley region of Pennsylvania.
Manns Choice
Village
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manns Choice is a borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 316 at the 2020 census.
Bedford
- Categories: county of Pennsylvania and locality
- Location: Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.0271° or 40° 1′ 38″ northLongitude
-78.5237° or 78° 31′ 26″ westPopulation
49,800Elevation
1,385 feet (422 metres)Open location code
87G32FGG+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 316987693OpenStreetMap feature
place=countyGeoNames ID
5179633Wikidata ID
Q494174
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Bedford” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bedford County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة بيدفورد”
- Armenian: “Բեդֆորդ շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de Bedford”
- Azerbaijani: “Bedford (dairə, Pensilvaniya)”
- Azerbaijani: “Bedford”
- Basque: “Bedford konderria”
- Bavarian: “Bedford County, Pennsylvania”
- Bavarian: “Bedford County”
- Bishnupriya: “বেডফোর্ড কাউন্টি, পেনসিলভানিয়া”
- Bishnupriya: “বেডফোর্ড কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Бедфорд”
- Catalan: “comtat de Bedford”
- Cebuano: “Bedford County”
- Chechen: “Бедфорд”
- Chinese: “Bedford Kūn”
- Chinese: “貝德福縣”
- Chinese: “贝德福县”
- Chinese: “贝德福德县”
- Cornish: “Konteth Bedford, Pennsylvani”
- Cornish: “Konteth Bedford”
- Dutch: “Bedford County”
- Esperanto: “Bedford County”
- Esperanto: “kantono Bedford”
- Finnish: “Bedfordin piirikunta”
- French: “Comte de Bedford”
- French: “comté de Bedford”
- French: “Comté de Bedford”
- Georgian: “ბედფორდის ოლქი”
- German: “Bedford County”
- Gilaki: “بدفورد ٚ شأرستان (پنسيلوانيا)”
- Gilaki: “بدفورد ٚ شأرستان”
- Greek: “κομητεία Μπέντφορντ”
- Greek: “Κομητεία Μπέντφορντ”
- Hebrew: “מחוז בדפורד”
- Hungarian: “Bedford megye”
- Indonesian: “County Bedford, Pennsylvania”
- Indonesian: “County Bedford”
- Irish: “Contae Bedford, Pennsylvania”
- Irish: “Contae Bedford”
- Italian: “contea di Bedford”
- Italian: “Contea di Bedford”
- Japanese: “ベッドフォード郡”
- Korean: “베드퍼드군”
- Latin: “Bedford Comitatus”
- Low German: “Bedford County”
- Mazanderani: “بدفورد شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Bedford Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bedford Kūn”
- Northern Frisian: “Bedford County”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bedford County i Pennsylvania”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bedford County”
- Norwegian: “Bedford County”
- Persian: “شهرستان بدفورد، پنسیلوانیا”
- Persian: “شهرستان بدفورد”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Bedford”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Bedford”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Bedford, Pennsylvania”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Bedford”
- Russian: “Бедфорд”
- Sardinian: “contea de Bedford”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bedford County”
- Serbian: “Округ Бедфорд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bedford County, Pennsylvania”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bedford County”
- Slovenian: “Bedford County”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Bedford”
- Spanish: “Condado de Bedford”
- Swedish: “Bedford County, Pennsylvania”
- Swedish: “Bedford County”
- Tatar: “Бедфорд (округ, Пенсильвания)”
- Tatar: “Бедфорд”
- Tumbuka: “Bedford County”
- Turkish: “Bedford County, Pa.”
- Turkish: “Bedford County, PA”
- Turkish: “Bedford County, Pensilvanya”
- Turkish: “Bedford County”
- Turkish: “Bedford ilçesi, Pa.”
- Turkish: “Bedford ilçesi, PA”
- Turkish: “Bedford ilçesi, Pensilvanya”
- Turkish: “Bedford ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Бедфорд”
- Urdu: “بیڈفورڈ کاؤنٹی، پنسلوانیا”
- Urdu: “بیڈفورڈ کاؤنٹی”
- Venetian: “contea de Bedford”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Bedford, Pennsylvania”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Bedford”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Bedford, Pennsylvania”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Bedford”
- Welsh: “Bedford County, Pennsylvania”
- Welsh: “Bedford County”
- Western Panjabi: “بیڈفورڈ کاؤنٹی، پنسلوانیا”
- Western Panjabi: “بیڈفورڈ کاؤنٹی”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bedford Speedway and Bedford County Fairgrounds.
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