College Hill is a neighborhood located in the northern section of Beaver Falls,

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Geneva College Geneva College is a private Christian college in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1848, in Northwood, Ohio, the college moved to its present location in 1880, where it continues to educate a student body of about 1400 traditional under ...

is located in the community, and is the namesake of College Hill.

History

Geneva College was founded in

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in 1848, but it moved to northern Beaver County in 1880 after being offered free land by the

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, which was highly influential in Beaver Falls. After the college was established on land just north of Beaver Falls, a community grew up around it, and in 1892, it was incorporated as the

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of College Hill. In 1932, forty years after its incorporation, it merged with Beaver Falls. As of the 1900 census, College Hill had a population of about 900. Since the 1960s, College Hill has become less of an industrial community than previously; the owner of the former Armstrong Cork factory donated the property to the college, which has since built an

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complex on the site. At the 2000 census, College Hill had a population of 3,562 residents, more than one-third of the city's total population of 9,920. Although the population had declined by 78 residents since the 1990 census, or about 2.14% of its total, College Hill fared better than the rest of the city, which lost 767 residents, or about 7.18% of its population, during the same time.

Geography

College Hill is centered at (40.7778426, -80.3239521), at an altitude of 899 feet (274 m). It is about 1.5 minutes north of and 98 feet (30 m) higher than central Beaver Falls.

Transportation

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is the main road through College Hill and provides access to the rest of Beaver Falls in the south and to the

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in the north. Pennsylvania Routes

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also pass through the community.DeLorme. ''Pennsylvania Atlas & Gazetteer''. 8th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2003, p. 56. . Between 1910 and 1985, the College Hill Station provided rail transportation for the residents, but is now abandoned.

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External links

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Populated places established in 1892 1932 disestablishments in Pennsylvania Former municipalities in Pennsylvania Neighborhoods in Pennsylvania Geography of Beaver County, Pennsylvania 1892 establishments in Pennsylvania