Mont Alto is a

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in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,580 at the 2020 census.

History

John Funk built the first house in the borough (then unestablished) in 1817 on what is now Main Street. At this time the town was known as "Funkstown". Eventually the town of Altodale and the surrounding area, called Mont Alto, combined into what is now known as Mont Alto. In 1915 the town of Mont Alto was incorporated with a population of 800. In the beginning of the 20th century, Mont Alto contained one of the largest sanatoriums in the area for treatment of

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Geography

Mont Alto is located in southeastern Franklin County at (39.843234, -77.555023). It sits at the western base of South Mountain along the headwaters of the West Branch of Antietam Creek. Mont Alto State Park is located in the creek valley, east of the borough. Pennsylvania Route 997 passes through the center of town as Main Street; it leads north to U.S. Route 30 near Fayetteville and south to Waynesboro. Pennsylvania Route 233 runs east out of the borough as Park Street, leading northeast to US 30 at Caledonia State Park. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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, of 2000, there were 1,357 people, 541 households, and 413 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 576 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 97.72%

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, 0.96%

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, 0.15% Native American, 0.81% Asian, 0.07% from other races, and 0.29% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.22% of the population. There were 541 households, out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.5% were non-families. 20.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.87. In the borough, the population was spread out, with 24.2% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $37,163, and the median income for a family was $41,705. Males had a median income of $32,169 versus $21,579 for females. The

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for the borough was $17,216. About 4.0% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the

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, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

Colleges and universities

Penn State Mont Alto is located at the intersection of Slabtown Road and Campus Drive; Route 233 passes by the university.

Points of interest

* Mont Alto Arboretum, on the campus of Penn State Mont Alto * Mont Alto State Park * Mont Alto Railroad

References

External links

Borough of Mont Alto official website

Mont Alto Volunteer Fire Department
{{authority control Populated places established in 1762 Boroughs in Franklin County, Pennsylvania 1915 establishments in Pennsylvania