Bedford is a borough in and the county seat of Bedford County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located 102 miles west of Harrisburg, the state capital, and 107 miles east of Pittsburgh. Bedford's population was 2,841 at the 2010 census.
Growing up around Fort Bedford, which had been constructed near the trading post called Raystown, Bedford was settled about 1751 and laid out in 1766. Bedford was incorporated on March 13, 1795. For many years it was an important frontier military post. The Espy House in Bedford is notable for having been the headquarters of George Washington and his force of 13,000 while putting down the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794, which had started around the Jean Bonnet Tavern just west of Bedford.
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