S.N.P.J., Pennsylvania
| S.N.P.J. | |
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| Official name: Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota (Slovene National Benefit Society) | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lawrence |
| Coordinates | 40°55′44″N 80°29′55″W / 40.92889°N 80.49861°W |
| Area | 0.7 sq mi (2 km2) |
| Population | 19 (2010) |
| Density | 20 / sq mi (8 / km2) |
| Established | 1978 |
| Mayor | Gerald Sankovich |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-4) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 724 |
 Location of S.N.P.J. in Lawrence County
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  Location of S.N.P.J. in Pennsylvania
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S.N.P.J. is a borough located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. According to the 2010 U.S. census, the borough has a population of 19.
S.N.P.J. stands for Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota (Slovene National Benefit Society), a fraternal society and financial co-operative based in Imperial, Pennsylvania.
The society applied to have their 500 acres (2.0 km2) recreation center in western Pennsylvania designated as a separate municipality in 1977. The S.N.P.J. borough was created so that the society could, among other things, get its own liquor license. North Beaver Township, the municipality in which the center was originally located, restricted the sale of alcohol on Sundays.
S.N.P.J. once had the distinction of being the least-populated borough in the state until a mine fire beneath Centralia made that borough unsafe to live in.
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[edit] Geography
S.N.P.J. is located at 40°55′44″N 80°29′55″W / 40.92889°N 80.49861°W (40.928916, -80.498828)[1].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), with 20 acres (0.08 km², 0.03 sq mi) of the area covered by water.
It is more of a recreation complex than a borough, and has 60 rental cabins, 115 mobile home slots, an artificial lake and is open to the public as a summertime resort and facility for bingo, weddings and dances. Members of the society get a discount on the events.
[edit] Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1990 | 12 |
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| 2000 | 0 | −100.0% | |
| 2010 | 19 |
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[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.
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