Clarion, Pennsylvania
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Clarion is a borough in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref> The population was 3,931 at the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/><ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> It is located Template:Convert north-northeast of Pittsburgh along the Clarion River and is part of the Pittsburgh DMA.
Clarion was settled in 1839 and incorporated in 1841. In the past, the surrounding area produced natural gas, oil, lumber and coal. It is home to the annual Autumn Leaf Festival and Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion. The county courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Geography
Clarion is located slightly northeast of the center of Clarion County at Template:Coord (41.211791, -79.384005),<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> in the Allegheny Plateau region of western Pennsylvania. The main part of the borough sits at an elevation of Template:Convert above sea level, overlooking the Template:Convert valley of the Clarion River, a tributary of the Allegheny River.
U.S. Route 322 passes through the borough as Main Street, leading northwest Template:Convert to Franklin and southeast Template:Convert to Brookville. Pennsylvania Route 68 (Fifth Avenue) leads south from the center of Clarion, Template:Convert to Exit 62 of Interstate 80 and Template:Convert to Sligo.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert, or 2.70%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>
Climate
Clarion has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), with warm summers and cold to very cold, snowy winters. Precipitation is highest in the summer months, with an annual average of Template:Convert. Snow usually falls between October and April.
Demographics
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As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 6,185 people, 2,000 households, and 718 families residing in the borough. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 2,192 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the borough was 94.55% White, 3.48% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.99% Asian, 0.15% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.82% of the population.
There were 2,000 households, out of which 15.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 25.3% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 64.1% were non-families. 38.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.75. versus $20,214 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $10,832. About 18.8% of families and 41.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.1% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.
Education
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Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion, formerly Clarion University of Pennsylvania, is located in the borough. It is a campus of Pennsylvania Western University founded in 1867.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Notable people
- Kurt Angle, Olympic gold medalist
- Clara Rankin Coblentz, social reformer
- Emmet Heidrick, baseball player
- Chris Kirkpatrick, NSYNC singer
- Ernest M. Skinner, pipe organ builder
References
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