J. Simpson Africa’s History of Huntingdon & Blair Counties (1883) is a comprehensive history of the county. Africa built on earlier work by U. J. Jones and Milton S. Lytle; the book was reprinted for the county’s Bicentennial and fully indexed, making it a valuable research tool.
Because the file is large, the index is divided into three parts:
- Part 1 — Towns/Townships and names through DeskinDownload Part 1 (PDF)
- Part 2 — Names from Deters to KimesDownload Part 2 (PDF)
- Part 3 — Names Kimlin to the endDownload Part 3 (PDF)


