Shinglehouse is a borough in Potter County,

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, United States. The population was 1,108 at the time of the 2020 census. The community was named for a landmark shingled inn near the original town site.

Geography

Shinglehouse is located at (41.964182, -78.193188). According to the

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, the borough has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²), all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were one thousand two hundred and fifty people, five hundred and thirteen households and three hundred and nineteen families residing in the borough. The

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was 599.4 people per square mile (230.9/km²). There were five hundred and fifty housing units at an average density of 263.7 per square mile (101.6/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.24%

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, 0.16% Native American, 0.08%

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, 0.32% from

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, and 1.20% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.80% of the population. There were five hundred and thirteen households, out of which 30.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 51.3% were

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living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.5% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.19. In the borough the population was spread out, with 27.5% under the age of eighteen, 6.7% from eighteen to twenty-four, 25.7% from twenty-five to forty-four, 20.9% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 19.2% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years. For every one hundred females there were 92.0 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 84.1 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $25,987, and the median income for a family was $35,750. Males had a median income of $30,417 compared with that of $20,000 for females. The

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for the borough was $13,253. About 9.8% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the

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, including 13.0% of those under age 18 and 15.7% of those aged sixty-five or over.

Transportation

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Shinglehouse was served by the

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Notable people

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, baseball player and manager. * William C. Davis, Jr., ballistic engineer and author. *Myrtl Meriwether, first Miss America

References

External links

Shinglehouse, official website

Oswayo Valley Memorial Library
For the History of Shinglehouse, PA
Oswayo Valley School District homepage
{{authority control Populated places established in 1808 Boroughs in Potter County, Pennsylvania 1902 establishments in Pennsylvania