New Wilmington, Pennsylvania

History

The town of New Wilmington was established in 1797–1798. In 1824, the first house was built and other buildings were soon erected. In 1847, an Amish settlement was established between New Wilmington and Volant. On April 4, 1863, New Wilmington was established as a half-borough, and on April 9, 1873, it was made a full borough.

Geography

New Wilmington is located at (41.120713, -80.332807). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.1 sqmi, of which 1.1 sqmi is land and 0.04 sqmi, or 1.85%, is water. Its highest elevation is 1190 ft in the southeast, and its lowest elevation is 940 ft at Little Neshannock Creek. New Wilmington's ZIP code is 16142.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,452 people, 577 households, and 324 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,313.2 PD/sqmi. There were 611 housing units at an average density of 576.4 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.21% White, 0.57% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.45% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 0.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.45% of the population. 26.0% were of German, 12.6% Italian, 11.8% Irish, 9.1% English and 7.3% Scotch-Irish ancestry according to Census 2000. 97.9% spoke English and 1.2% Spanish as their first language.

There were 577 households, out of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.4% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.8% were non-families. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 10.4% under the age of 18, 48.5% from 18 to 24, 12.1% from 25 to 44, 12.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females there were 61.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 58.1 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $36,734, and the median income for a family was $56,736. Males had a median income of $36,250 versus $26,125 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $12,749. About 4.2% of families and 15.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

New Wilmington is surrounded by farms of an Amish settlement which had 19 congregations i.e. about 2,500 people in 2013.

Education

The Wilmington Area School District serves the borough, which includes one elementary school, one middle school and Wilmington Area High School. Additionally, Westminster College is a private liberal arts college located in the borough, founded in 1852.

Transportation

References

References

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