Lemoyne, Pennsylvania

This article is about the borough in Pennsylvania. For other uses, see Lemoyne.

Lemoyne, Pennsylvania Bridgeport
Borough
Intersection of Market and 3rd St, 2011 Intersection of Market and 3rd St, 2011
Motto(s):  "The little town that has it all!"
Coordinates: 40°14′39″N 76°53′56″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Cumberland
Settled (as Bridgeport)	1835
Settled (as Riverton)	1888
Incorporated	May 23, 1905
Named for	French soldier Charles LeMoyne
Government
• Type	Council–manager
• Mayor	Matthew Salkowski
• Borough Manager	Amanda Seibert
• Council President	Gale Gallo
• Council Vice President	Sue Yenchko
• Council Member	List of Council Members Rebecca Coleman Joe Gargiulo Mike Kostukovich Gene Koontz Jesse Monoski
Area
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• Land	Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp
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Population  (2020)
• Total	4,659
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Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
ZIP Code	17043
Area codes	717 and 223
FIPS code	42-42648
Website	www.lemoynepa.com

Lemoyne is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, which lies across the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's capital. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. Lemoyne was incorporated as a borough on May 23, 1905. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 4,659. Lemoyne is served by Interstate 83 and U.S. Routes 11/15. Lemoyne is a part of the West Shore School District.

Name

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Keystone Marker

Following the 1724 stone house built by John Harris and John Kelso, the emerging settlement was first named by Thomas Penn as the "Manor of Lowther" in 1750. Once the camelback bridge was completed in 1815, the town became "Bridgeport". In 1888, the name was then changed to "Riverton"; once the population of 800 was reached, which was needed to obtain a Post Office, it was denied out of possible confusion for Riverton, Virginia. Therefore, in 1905 it was finally renamed "Lemoyne", said to be in honor of Charles le Moyne, a French soldier who supposedly settled near Harrisburg following an Ohio expedition. Another possible theory was that it was named in honor of Dr. Francis J. LeMoyne.

Geography

Lemoyne is located on the eastern edge of Cumberland County at 40°14′39″N 76°53′56″W (40.244217, -76.899119), on the west bank of the Susquehanna River, directly across from Harrisburg. It is bordered to the north by Wormleysburg, to the west by Camp Hill, and to the south by the borough of New Cumberland and Lower Allen Township.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.612 square miles (4.18 km²), all land.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Lemoyne had a population of 4,659. The median age was 40.5 years. 19.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96.8 males age 18 and over.

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 2,178 households in Lemoyne, of which 23.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 35.8% were married-couple households, 24.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 30.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 40.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 2,331 housing units, of which 6.6% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0% and the rental vacancy rate was 6.5%.

Racial composition as of the 2020 census

Race	Number	Percent
White	3,782	81.2%
Black or African American	211	4.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	19	0.4%
Asian	120	2.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%
Some other race	158	3.4%
Two or more races	367	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	356	7.6%

2010 census

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Age and gender

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Households and families

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Notable people

• Coy Wire, sport anchor
• Bob Adams, baseball pitcher
• Edson Hendricks, computer scientist
• Stan Jones, football player
• Kadida Kenner, founder and CEO of the New Pennsylvania Project
• Paul Minner, baseball pitcher
• Bob Moorhead, baseball pitcher
• Andy Musser, sports announcer
• Dean T. Stevenson, Episcopal bishop
• Helen Waddell, baseball player

External links

• File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Lemoyne, Pennsylvania at Wikimedia Commons