[5] It is located approximately 110 miles (180 km) east by south of Erie on the Allegheny River.

Coudersport lies in a broad valley at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Mill Creek.

[19][20][21][22] The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection fined JKLM $472,317 in 2016 for groundwater contamination caused by the use of an unapproved surfactant during the drilling of a natural gas well.

The contamination impacted six private drinking water wells in Sweden and Eulalia townships (Potter County).

He was a principal in the Guaranty Paper Corporation, which specialized in watermarking legal & official documents to prevent counterfeiting.

This sports and recreation park was established in the 1960s by a group of town leaders including Dr. William L. Mitchell, a local veterinarian.

According to historical books at the Penn State University Park library, Coudersport derived its name from a Dutchman named Couder who was a primary funder for the surveying of the future town as a "port" on the Allegheny River, thus becoming Couder's Port.

Coudersport was the former headquarters of Adelphia, which at its peak was the 5th largest cable provider in the United States.

[35] The company went bankrupt due to internal corruption in 2002, and the headquarters were moved to Colorado a few years later.

Judy Bolton Days, an annual festival honoring the books of the late Sutton, is hosted each October by the local Chamber of Commerce.

The former WFRM-FM, 96.7 MHz, was licensed to Coudersport for much of its existence but was later reallocated to Portville, New York.

Coudersport is located near Cherry Springs State Park, which features some of the darkest skies near the East Coast.