Sligo ( ) is a

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in Clarion County,

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, United States. The population was 686 at the 2020 census. It was named after the town and county of Sligo in

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Geography

Sligo is located in southwestern Clarion County at (41.107700, -79.493350), in the valley of Licking Creek, a tributary of the

Clarion River The Clarion River is a tributary of the Allegheny River, approximately 110 mi (177 km) long, in west central Pennsylvania in the United States. It drains a rugged area of the Allegheny Plateau in the Ohio River watershed, flowing throu ...

. The borough is surrounded by rolling hills. Formerly, the area sat upon a rich vein of

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passes through the borough, leading northeast to Clarion, the

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, and southwest to East Brady on the Allegheny River.

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leads west from Sligo to Foxburg on the Allegheny. According to the

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, the borough of Sligo has a total area of , of which , or 0.23%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 728 people, 280 households, and 211 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 300 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 97.39%

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, 0.69% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.96% from

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, and 0.82% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.10% of the population. There were 280 households, out of which 38.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.6% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.00. In the borough the population was spread out, with 27.5% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $30,417, and the median income for a family was $35,500. Males had a median income of $26,429 versus $21,250 for females. The

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for the borough was $13,807. About 15.2% of families and 17.1% of the population were below the

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, including 19.6% of those under age 18 and 14.8% of those age 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Populated places established in 1828 Boroughs in Clarion County, Pennsylvania