Summerville is a

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in Jefferson County,

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, United States. The population was 528 at the 2010 census.

History

It was named after Summers Baldwin, the first settler in the area. It was formerly known as "Troy". The borough was incorporated in 1887.

Geography

Summerville is located in western Jefferson County at , in the valley of Redbank Creek.

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(Harrison Street) passes through the north side of the borough, leading northeast up the creek valley to Brookville, the

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, and southwest to New Bethlehem. According to the

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, Summerville has a total area of , of which , or 4.02%, are water.

Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 525 people, 209 households and 158 families residing in the borough. The

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was . There were 241 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.10%

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, 0.57% Native American, and 1.33% from two or more races. There were 209 households, of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were

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living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.88. 20.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 20.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males. The

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was $30,909 and the median family income was $38,000. Males had a median income of $26,792 compared with $18,409 for females. The

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was $16,745. About 3.2% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the

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, including 7.5% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Christ's Dominion Academy Christ's Dominion Academy is a private classical Christian school in Summerville, Pennsylvania Summerville is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population w ...

, a private Christian school, is located in the borough.

References

{{authority control Populated places established in 1812 Boroughs in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania