Laporte, Pennsylvania

History

The Pennsylvania Guide, compiled by the Writers' Program of the Works Progress Administration, described Laporte in 1940 as:{{Blockquote a mountain resort founded in 1847 and named for John Laporte, Surveyor General of Pennsylvania, [and] formerly a lumbering and tannery center. Wide verandas front many of the houses. Among the deeds preserved in the courthouse here is one recorded in 1864, which transfers the ownership of a large tract of land on a mountain plateau four miles west of Laporte to 'Almighty God.' The plateau was once the site of the Celestia Community of Adventists, founded in 1853 by Peter Armstrong and his wife. A small group of Adventists, interested in Armstrong's plan for communalism in preparation for the expected coming of the Lord, maintained the experiment for several years. Forced by hardships and the dissatisfactions of other members to abandon it, Armstrong returned to Philadelphia, after deeding the property to the Lord. Eventually the land was taken over by the county for unpaid taxes.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.3 sqmi, of which 1.1 sqmi is land and 0.2 sqmi (12.50%) is water. Within the borough lies Lake Mokoma.

Climate

Laporte has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), with warm summers and cold, snowy winters.

|Jan record high F = 61 |Feb record high F = 69 |Mar record high F = 80 |Apr record high F = 86 |May record high F = 89 |Jun record high F = 91 |Jul record high F = 94 |Aug record high F = 91 |Sep record high F = 89 |Oct record high F = 81 |Nov record high F = 71 |Dec record high F = 64 |year record high F = 94

|Jan avg record high F = 52.8 |Feb avg record high F = 51.3 |Mar avg record high F = 62.2 |Apr avg record high F = 75.4 |May avg record high F = 82.3 |Jun avg record high F = 85.4 |Jul avg record high F = 86.8 |Aug avg record high F = 84.6 |Sep avg record high F = 81.7 |Oct avg record high F = 73.0 |Nov avg record high F = 63.3 |Dec avg record high F = 54.0 |year avg record high F = 88.4

|Jan avg record low F = -2.9 |Feb avg record low F = -1.4 |Mar avg record low F = 5.5 |Apr avg record low F = 20.9 |May avg record low F = 31.9 |Jun avg record low F = 41.8 |Jul avg record low F = 48.6 |Aug avg record low F = 46.9 |Sep avg record low F = 37.2 |Oct avg record low F = 26.9 |Nov avg record low F = 15.2 |Dec avg record low F = 5.6 |year avg record low F = -5.5

|Jan record low F = -12 |Feb record low F = -12 |Mar record low F = -7 |Apr record low F = 11 |May record low F = 12 |Jun record low F = 36 |Jul record low F = 44 |Aug record low F = 41 |Sep record low F = 27 |Oct record low F = 19 |Nov record low F = 2 |Dec record low F = -9 |year record low F= -12

|Jan snow depth inch = 11.3 |Feb snow depth inch = 12.1 |Mar snow depth inch = 8.8 |Apr snow depth inch = 2.1 |May snow depth inch = 0.1 |Jun snow depth inch = 0.0 |Jul snow depth inch = 0.0 |Aug snow depth inch = 0.0 |Sep snow depth inch = 0.0 |Oct snow depth inch = 0.6 |Nov snow depth inch = 3.0 |Dec snow depth inch = 7.0 |year snow depth inch = 17.8

|access-date = August 29, 2025 |access-date = August 29, 2025

Demographics

At the 2010 census, there were 316 people, 109 households, and 67 families residing in the borough. The population density was 287.3 PD/sqmi. There were 251 housing units at an average density of 228.2 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.1% White, 0.6% African American, 0.9% Native American, and 0.3% Asian. Hispanics or Latinos of any race makes up 0.9% of the borough population.

Of the 109 households, 14.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were married couples living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% were non-families. 34.9% of households were one person, and 22% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.01 and the average family size was 2.54.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 8.5% under the age of 18, 49.1% from 18 to 64, and 42.4% 65 or older. The median age was 61.7 years.

The median household income was $43,750 and the median family income was $52,500. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $25,500 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $18,762. About 3.6% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

References

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