[3] It is named after James Potter, who was a general from Pennsylvania in the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

[4][5][6][7][8][9] The county is part of the North Central Pennsylvania region of the state.

[a] Major Isaac Lyman, an American Revolutionary war veteran was one of the first permanent settlers in Potter County.

He built his home in 1809 in nearby Lymansville, now known as Ladona, just east of Coudersport along Rt.

She sought out the major, travelling from Bolton Landing, New York, to Potter County with the help of their son, Burrell, who was 18 at the time.

Descendants of Major Lyman's three families still live and work in Potter County.

Potter has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) and average monthly temperatures in Coudersport range from 22.0 °F in January to 66.4 °F in July.

Lynn Swann also received more than 60% of the Potter County vote in his defeat.

In the 2016 state attorney general race, John Rafferty won 79.15% of the vote.

[28] School districts include:[29] List from National Center for Education Statistics[30] Pennsylvania EdNA – Educational Entities, 2013 Potter County is home to 8 state parks and many more acres of state forest and gamelands.

The county is also the location of the annual "God's Country Marathon" race between Galeton and Coudersport.

Under Pennsylvania law, the four types of incorporated municipalities are cities, boroughs, townships, and in at most two cases, towns.