Cornwall, Pennsylvania
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Cornwall is a borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lebanon County, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,486 at the 2000 census.
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[edit] History
Cornwall was founded by Peter Grubb in 1737. First building his house and then a store, he discovered iron ore and decided to mine for it. He called it the Cornwall Iron Ore Mines, after his father's birthplace in Cornwall, England. Eventually the whole town became known as Cornwall.
Cornwall was incorporated as a township on October 11, 1926 after having been a part of Lancaster County and for a while of Dauphin County.
[edit] Geography
Cornwall is located at (40.273192, -76.410667)[1].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 9.9 square miles (25.6 km²), of which, 9.8 square miles (25.3 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (1.11%) is water. It is the largest borough in area in the United States.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 3,486 people, 1,210 households, and 965 families residing in the borough. The population density was 357.2 people per square mile (137.9/km²). There were 1,261 housing units at an average density of 129.2/sq mi (49.9/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.79% White, 0.34% African American, 0.20% Native American, 1.06% Asian, 0.32% from other races, and 0.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.75% of the population.
There were 1,210 households out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.9% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.2% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the borough the population was spread out with 20.9% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 23.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.9 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $59,550, and the median income for a family was $66,964. Males had a median income of $44,926 versus $28,125 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $27,904. About 1.1% of families and 1.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.0% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] References
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
[edit] External links
- Cornwall, Pennsylvania is at coordinates Coordinates:
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