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Snyder County is located about an hour north of Harrisburg, PA along the Susquehanna River in the heart of the Susquehanna Valley. It is within a day's drive of 75,000,000 people living from Canada to Florida to Chicago. From here you can easily reach the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, the Poconos, Lancaster County PA (home of the Amish and hundreds of outlet stores), - all within several hours drive.
Or, you can explore our forests, fields and streams. The West Branch of the Susquehanna is recognized as a superb bass fishery while smaller streams, like White Deer and Penn's Creek are recognized as excellent trout streams. Middle Creek Lake holds bass, muskies, pickeral and panfish. Walter Lake is known for its trophy size bass and trout. World famous Penn's Creek, known for its' trout fishing, meets the Susquehanna River at Selinsgrove.
Boating on the Susquehanna has become popular and the Fish Commission has developed access ramps at many locations along the river. The impoundment of the north and west branches of the Susquehanna at Sunbury is a busy boating area complete with marina and boat rentals. Hunters flock to this region each fall to stalk whitetail deer, black bear and wild turkey. Increasingly more and more people are taking advantage of opportunities to stalk wildlife with cameras instead of rifles and shotguns.
If you are not a sportsman you can try the dozens of gift shops and antique shops that dot our countryside. Amish quilts, specialty gifts and artwork are some of the things you can take back home. Any way you look at it Snyder County has something for everybody. So get away from the crowds and noise. Come see us for a weekend or a week or two in Snyder County, PA.
Text Provided by Pennsylvania Visitor Network - www.pavisnet.com
Total Population in 2000
37,546
Percent Change in Pop. Since 1990
2.36%
Diversity Index*
5.39%
Speaks Only English (5-years-old and over)
32,593
Speaks Other Language at Home (5-years-old and over)
2,828
Ancestry Specified
26,319
Total Hispanic or Latino Population
368
Median Age of Population
36.7
Number of Males
18,352
Single, Never Married
7,691
Number of Households
13,654
Number of Households With Income Higher Than $75,000 (1999)
1,606
Total Population in Households
35,257
Number of Housing Units
14,890
Median Real Estate Taxes (1999)
$1,021
Number of Renters
2,960
*Diversity Index: Represents the probability that two people selected at random will be of a different race or ethnic background.
