 According to historical books at the Penn State University Park library, Coudersport derived its name from a Dutchman named Couder who was a primary funder for the surveying of the future town as a "port" on the Allegheny River, thus becoming Couder's Port.Coudersport was the former headquarters of Adelphia, which at its peak was the 5th largest cable provider in the United States.The company went bankrupt due to internal corruption in 2002, and the headquarters were moved to Colorado a few years later.