Salladasburg, Pennsylvania

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established_date = 1837
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latd = 41 |latm = 16 |lats = 40 |latNS = N
longd = 77 |longm = 13 |longs = 33 |longEW = W
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postal_code = 17740
area_code = 570
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Salladasburg is a borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The population was 260, at the 2000 census, making it the smallest borough in Lycoming County. It is part of the Williamsport, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is home of Cohick's Trading Post and its famous home made ice cream.

Salladasburg is located on Larrys Creek, at the confluence of the Second Fork of Larrys Creek. It is also located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 287 and Pennsylvania Route 973.

History

Salladasburg was laid out by Jacob P. Sallada in 1837. He started the town with lots for homes and built a church for use by Lutherans and Presbyterians only. The population of Salladasburg was 374 as of the 1890 census and is now set at just 260 residents. The borough had a number of stores and shops, one hotel, a gristmill, and tannery. There were two schools and three churches. Salladasburg was incorporated as a borough in May 1883 by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

Geography

Salladasburg is located at coor dms|41|16|40|N|77|13|33|W|city (41.277733, -77.225907).GR|1 It is surrounded by Mifflin Township. As the crow flies, Lycoming County is about convert|130|mi|km|0 northwest of Philadelphia and convert|165|mi|km|0 east-northeast of Pittsburgh.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.0 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 260 people, 105 households, and 70 families residing in the borough. The population density was 333.7 people per square mile (128.7/km²). There were 113 housing units at an average density of 145.0/sq mi (55.9/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 99.23% White, and 0.77% from two or more races.

There were 105 households out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the borough the population was spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $30,000, and the median income for a family was $32,500. Males had a median income of $26,458 versus $28,125 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $16,122. About 11.8% of families and 14.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 9.5% of those sixty five or over.

References

*cite book
others = The Lycoming County Unit of the Pennsylvania Writers Project of the Work Projects Administration
title = A Picture of Lycoming County
origdate = 1939
url = http://www.libraries.psu.edu/do/digitalbookshelf/2799521/
format = PDF
accessdate = 2007-03-02
edition = First edition
publisher = The Commissioners of Lycoming County Pennsylvania

*cite book
last = Meginness
first = John Franklin
title = History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: including its aboriginal history; the colonial and revolutionary periods; early settlement and subsequent growth; organization and civil administration; the legal and medical professions; internal improvement; past and present history of Williamsport; manufacturing and lumber interests; religious, educational, and social development; geology and agriculture; military record; sketches of boroughs, townships, and villages; portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, etc. etc."
origdate = 1892
url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/lyco-history-01.html
accessdate = 2007-03-02
edition = 1st Edition
publisher = Brown, Runk & Co.
location = Chicago, IL
id = ISBN 0-7884-0428-8
chapter =
chapterurl = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/Chapter-34.html
quote = (Note: ISBN refers to Heritage Books July 1996 reprint. URL is to a scan of the 1892 version with some OCR typos).

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