Rew is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Foster Township, McKean County in the

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. The community is almost halfway between

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and the borough and county seat of

Smethport Smethport is a borough and county seat of McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The mayor is Wayne V. Foltz. The population was 1,430 at the 2020 census. Smethport is part of the '' Bradford, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area''. Smethport, h ...

. A notable attraction in Rew is the Bradford Speedway, location of a 1958 NASCAR race won by Junior Johnson.

Geography

Rew is located at the summit of a steep hill, where Pennsylvania Routes 46 and

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intersect. It is located near the triple boundary of Foster,

Otto Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ...

and Keating Townships.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, the population of Rew was 199, and was estimated 135 in the 2019 estimate. Every resident (100%) in the town was Caucasian. The median age and male ratio were also high, at 54.7 and 1:8:1, respectively.

References

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