Conneautville, Pennsylvania
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| Name origin: Conneautee, Indian for "snow place" | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Crawford County |
| Coordinates | 41°45′29″N 80°22′10″W / 41.75806°N 80.36944°W |
| Area | 1.1 sq mi (3 km2) |
| - water | 0.9 sq mi (2 km2) |
| Population | 848 (2000) |
| Density | 778.7 / sq mi (301 / km2) |
| Founded | 1843 |
| Mayor | Charles Gaza (R) |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-4) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 814 |
 Location of Conneautville in Crawford County
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  Location of Conneautville in Pennsylvania
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Conneautville is a borough in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, along Conneaut Creek. The population was 848 at the 2000 census.
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[edit] History
Conneautville was founded in 1814 by Alexander Power, a surveyor and engineer. Conneautville was first called Powerstown or made reference to as Power’s Tract. Power wanted it called Conneautville after the Indian name Conneaut or Conneautee, meaning Snow Place.
[edit] Geography
Conneautville is at 41°45′29″N 80°22′10″W / 41.75806°N 80.36944°W (41.758019, -80.369470)[1].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), of which 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2) is land and 0.92% is water.
[edit] Demographics
At the census[2] of 2000, there were 848 people, 352 households and 229 families in the borough. The population density was 778.7 per square mile (300.4/km²). There were 377 housing units at an average of 346.2 per square mile (133.5/km²). The racial makeup was 98.47% White, 0.24% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.59% of the population.
There were 352 households of which 30.1% had children under 18 with them, 52.0% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.3% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size 3.03.
In the borough 24.6% were under 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% 65 or older. The median was 40. For every 100 females there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males.
The median household income was $35,083, and the median family income was $40,833. Males had a median income of $30,481 versus $19,583 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $17,087. 4.1% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.0% of those under 18 and 11.9% of those 65 or over.
[edit] References
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
