New Columbus, Pennsylvania
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| Location of New Columbus in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Location of New Columbus in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. | |
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| Coordinates: 41°10′21″N 76°17′22″W / 41.17250°N 76.28944°WCoordinates: 41°10′21″N 76°17′22″W / 41.17250°N 76.28944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Luzerne |
| Settled | 1819 |
| Incorporated | 1859 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | 222 |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 570 |
| FIPS code | 42-53448 |
New Columbus is a borough that is located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 219 at the time of the 2020 census.[3]
History
A small farming town that is located in western Luzerne County (just south of Ricketts Glen State Park), New Columbus was first settled in 1819. It was later incorporated as a borough in 1859.
The community has changed little since its founding; farming is still a major way of life for most of the borough.
Geography
New Columbus is located at 41°10′21″N 76°17′22″W / 41.17250°N 76.28944°W (41.1734, -76.2935).[4]
There are small clusters of houses scattered throughout the borough; most of the community consists of farmland. Downtown New Columbus, which consists of a few homes and businesses, is located at the intersection of Old Tioga Turnpike and Academy Street. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 3.1 square miles (7.9 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
Template:US Census population As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 215 people, 86 households, and 63 families residing in the borough. The population density was 68.1 inhabitants per square mile (26.3/km2). There were 96 housing units at an average density of 30.4 per square mile (11.7/km2).
The racial makeup of the borough was 100.00% white. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.40% of the population.
There were eighty-six households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, with 60.5% living together as married couples, 9.3% documented as a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% which were documented as non-families. Additionally, individuals 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals with 11.6% that had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.5 and the average family size was 2.94.
Within the borough, the population was spread out, with 25.1% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 5.1% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 31.2% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 18.6% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 20.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older.
The median age of residents was thirty-six years. For every one hundred females there were eighty-seven males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were roughly ninety-six males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $38,594, and the median income for a family was $39,844. Males had a median income of $31,250 compared with that of $21,071 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $15,981.
Only 2.7% of the population lived below the poverty line. None of those living in poverty were under the age of eighteen or living with families; however, 8.7% of those who were documented as impoverished were aged sixty-four or older.
As of 2017, the population of New Columbus was 222.[6]
Education
The school district is Northwest Area School District.[7]
Gallery
References
- ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedUSCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly - ↑ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedGR2 - ↑ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Luzerne County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 13, 2024. - Text list
External links
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