Woodbury is a

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

in Bedford County,

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, United States. The population was 286 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Woodbury is located in northern Bedford County at (40.225396, -78.365744). It lies in

Morrison Cove Morrisons Cove (also referred to as Morrison Cove or Morrison's Cove), is an eroded anticlinal valley in Blair and Bedford counties of central Pennsylvania, United States, extending from Evitts Mountain near New Enterprise, north to the Frankstown ...

, a broad valley between

Tussey Mountain Tussey Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States, trending east of the Bald Eagle, Brush, Dunning and Evitts Mountain ridges. Its southern foot just crosses the Mason–Dixon line near Flintstone, Maryland, running ...

to the east and

Dunning Mountain Dunning Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States. The mountain's north end is at McKee Gap, which separates it from Short Mountain, and where Halter Creek flows westward towards the Frankstown Branch of the Juniat ...

to the west.

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passes through the community, leading north to

Roaring Spring Roaring Spring is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,392 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area History Roaring Spring was established around the Big Spri ...

and south to Loysburg. According to the

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, Woodbury has a total area of , of which , or 4.61%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 269 people, 104 households, and 82 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 114 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.88%

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, 0.37% Native American, and 0.74% from two or more races. There were 104 households, out of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.5% were

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...

living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.2% were non-families. 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.96. In the borough the population was spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 78.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.0 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $35,938, and the median income for a family was $41,250. Males had a median income of $25,000 versus $25,625 for females. The

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for the borough was $19,965. None of the families and 2.8% of the population were living below the

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, including no under eighteens and 6.9% of those over 64.

References

External links

Woodbury Online

''Morrisons Cove Herald''

Morrisons Cove community website
{{authority control Populated places established in 1800 Boroughs in Bedford County, Pennsylvania 1868 establishments in Pennsylvania