[a] Clearfield County was formed by the Act of Assembly by the second Governor of Pennsylvania at the time, Thomas McKean on March 26, 1804.

They came upon land owned at the time by Abraham Witmer at a village known as Chincleclamousche, named after the Native American chief of the Cornplanter's tribe of Senecas.

In all there were fifty-six persons, primarily miners in the Houtzdale region, who were charged with conspiracy as organized strikers.

Siney was then the President of the Miners' National Association (MNA); he had come to Houtzdale and delivered an address of support for the union strike, for which he was arrested.

[8] These cases led in the next year to a liberalization of the Pennsylvania conspiracy law, through amendment providing that only "force, threat, or menace of harm to person or property" would be illegal.

Clearfield County is one of the 423 counties served by the Appalachian Regional Commission,[11] and it is identified as part of the "Midlands" by Colin Woodard in his book American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America.

Various Native American paths and trails crossing the area were used intermittently by settlers, invading armies, and escaped slaves travelling north along the Underground Railroad.

A major feature located in Bloom Township, within the county, is known as Bilger's rocks and exhibits fine examples of exposed sandstone bedrock that was created during the formation of the Appalachian Mountains.

The United States Office of Management and Budget[17] has designated Clearfield County as the DuBois, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA).

[19] Chart of Voter Registration The county trends Republican in statewide and federal elections.

A culturally and historically significant natural formation of massive sandstone megaliths can be found at Bilger's rocks.

Lodging/Camping[21] Hunting[22] Fishing Golf Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities, boroughs, townships, and, in at most two cases, towns.

The following cities, boroughs and townships are located in Clearfield County: Census-designated places are geographical areas designated by the U.S. Census Bureau for the purposes of compiling demographic data.

Unincorporated areas are region of land that are not parts of any incorporated boroughs, cities, or towns.