Wilcox is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

located in Jones Township, Elk County,

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, United States. The community was named after a settler, Col. A.I. Wilcox. As of the 2010 census, Wilcox had a population of 383. Wilcox is located in the west-central part of Jones Township in northern Elk County, in the valley of the West Branch of the

Clarion River The Clarion River is a tributary of the Allegheny River, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, in west central Pennsylvania in the United States. It drains a rugged area of the Allegheny Plateau in the Ohio River watershed, flowing throu ...

, a tributary of the

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. U.S. Route 219 passes through the center of town, leading north to

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and south to Ridgway, the Elk County seat. Pennsylvania Route 321 leads northwest from Wilcox to Kane. The Swedish Lutheran Parsonage located at 230 Kane Street was added to the

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in 2005. The year 2008 marked the 150th anniversary of the settlement of this village. Wilcox is located on the

Allegheny Plateau The Allegheny Plateau , in the United States, is a large dissected plateau area of the Appalachian Mountains in western and central New York, northern and western Pennsylvania, northern and western West Virginia, and eastern Ohio. It is divide ...

near the East Branch Clarion River Lake. Over 250,000 visitors a year come to Wilcox to enjoy the natural foresting, fishing, hunting, and three state and national parks.

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Jones Township history
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Elk County, Pennsylvania {{ElkCountyPA-geo-stub

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