Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania
Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Ehrenfeld (German: "Field of Honor") is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 228 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> It once was nicknamed "Scooptown".<ref>"Bronson coming of age in Scoop Town", rogerebert.com. Accessed March 11, 2024.</ref>
Geography
Ehrenfeld is located in south-central Cambria County at Template:Coord (40.372273, -78.776394),<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> in the valley of the Little Conemaugh River. It is bordered to the east by the borough of Summerhill and to the southwest by the borough of South Fork. U.S. Route 219 passes through the eastern part of Ehrenfeld, with access from one exit (Pennsylvania Route 53). US 219 leads north Template:Convert to Ebensburg, the county seat, and southwest Template:Convert to Somerset. Johnstown, the largest city in Cambria County, is Template:Convert to the southwest via US 219 and Pennsylvania Route 56.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Ehrenfeld has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert, or 2.98%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>
Demographics
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As of 2021, there were 184 people in the borough.<ref>Population of Ehrenfeld, datausa.io. Accessed March 11, 2024.</ref> The racial makeup of the borough was 100.00% White.<ref name="GR2"/>
History
In 1901, General Electric Company built the first alternating current power plant at Ehrenfeld. The plant, designed to eliminate the difficulties in long-distance direct current transmission, was built for the Webster Coal and Coke Company.<ref>Notice in: History of coal use Template:Webarchive, netl.doe.gov. Accessed December 2010.</ref>
Notable person
Actor Charles Bronson was born and raised in Ehrenfeld.
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