New Beaver is a borough in southern
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Lawrence County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,070. The county seat is New Castle.
Lawrence County comprises the entire New Castle, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...
, United States. The population was 1,370 at the 2020 census.
It is part of the
Pittsburgh metropolitan area
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.
History
Big Beaver Township was established as one of the thirteen townships in Lawrence County. Initially, Big Beaver Township included what is now the borough of
Wampum
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. Wampum became a separate borough on February 19, 1876, the same year that the Wampum Cement and Lime Company began. It is worth noting that the cement plant was located outside the borough of Wampum in what remained as Big Beaver Township.
There were five schools in Big Beaver Township in 1875. There were approximately 266 enrolled students. The average attendance was 170 and the school term was seven months.
The area of Big Beaver Township suffered growth and loss over the next seventy five years. Two world wars and several depressions saw the population and industry decline. The Borough of Wampum, in search of a larger tax base, decided to annex the Medusa Cement Plant from Big Beaver Township. At that time, according to Pennsylvania state law, a township could not prevent a borough from annexing property and Wampum succeeded in annexing the property into Wampum. Shortly after this, the Borough of Ellwood began to consider annexing the property south of the cement plant. In 1958, the township trustees began the process of changing Big Beaver Township into the Borough of New Beaver in order to prevent the further annexation. The charter was signed on November 18, 1959, however the community continued to operate as a township until elections could be held in 1961.
Geography
New Beaver is located at (40.879553, -80.372525).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.28%, is water.
Recreation
A portion of
Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 148
The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 148 are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Lawrence and Beaver Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States providing hunting, bird watching, cross-country skiing, and other activities.
Geography
The Gam ...
is located in New Beaver.
[https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/ The National Map, retrieved 29 September 2018][Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 148](_blank)
retrieved 29 September 2018
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 1,677 people, 652 households, and 477 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 696 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.21%
White
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, 1.43%
African American
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, 0.12%
Native American, 0.06% from
other races
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, and 0.18% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 0.89% of the population.
There were 652 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.6% were
married couples
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living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.4 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $36,333, and the median income for a family was $39,492. Males had a median income of $31,509 versus $21,838 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the borough was $15,893. About 8.5% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Populated places established in 1797
Boroughs in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania