Sullivan

Formed March 15, 1847 (60^th county)

Sullivan County (5,832), Laporte (314), Dushore (453)

The red brick Romanesque facility was erected in 1894.  It is sited on a square at Main, Court and Meylert, and Muncy streets.  Main Street is Pennsylvania State Highway 42 in this part of the town.  The building was enlarged in 1993.  Wagner & Reitmeyer provided the designs.  The county was formed on March 15, 1847 from Lycoming County as the 60^th county with Laporte as the only county seat.  Sullivan County is named for Pennsylvania Senator Charles Sullivan.  The county seat is named for Congressman John Laporte. 

Sullivan County government consists of a sheriff and 3 Commissioners.  Two Common Pleas Court Judges and One Magistrate Court Judge serve Sullivan and Wyoming counties.  The county is in the northeast part of the state.  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is southwest and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is southeast of the county.  The county center is 5.2 miles North of Laporte.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Bradford, Wyoming, Luzerne, Columbia, and Lycoming counties. 

The area of the county is 452 square miles.  It is 50 out of 67 in the state.  It ranks 66 out of 67 in population in the state.  It has a density of 12.9 persons per square mile making it 66 out of 67 in the state.  Sullivan County has 17.6% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 220 goes north to south in the county from Bradford County to Lycoming County.  The county looks like the point of a spear pointing northwest.  Laporte is located near the center of the county.  Dushore is near the northeast border of the county.  Laporte is the county seat and Dushore is the largest city.  Laporte is 5.4% of the county population while Dushore is 7.8% of the county population.

Laporte