Worthville is a

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in Jefferson County,

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, United States. The population was sixty-seven at the time of the 2010 census, a decline from the figure of eighty-five, which had been tabulated in 2000. The borough is named for General William Jenkins Worth, and is the smallest municipality in Jefferson County.

History

Worthville was originally called "Geistown", and under the latter name, was laid out by Daniel Geist, and then named for him. The name was changed to Worthville in 1854.

Notable person

Jimmy Slagle James Franklin Slagle (July 11, 1873 – May 10, 1956), nicknamed both "Rabbit" and "Shorty", was a professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1899 to 1908. In his 10 MLB seasons, he played for fou ...

, Major League Baseball player, was born in Worthville.

Geography

Worthville is located in southwestern Jefferson County at (41.027404, -79.139289). It is situated in the valley of Little Sandy Creek, a west-flowing tributary of Redbank Creek and part of the Allegheny River watershed. According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.50%, are water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were eighty-five people, thirty-one households and twenty-four families residing in the borough. The

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was 463.6 people per square mile (182.3/km²). There were thirty-five housing units at an average density of 190.9 per square mile (75.1/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 95.29%

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, and 4.71% from two or more races. Of the thirty-one households, 35.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 67.7% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.4% were non-families. 12.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 2.88. In the borough, the population was spread out, with 28.2% under the age of eighteen, 4.7% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.2% from twenty-five to forty-four, 20.0% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 18.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-six years. For every one hundred females there were 102.4 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 96.8 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $35,625, and the median income for a family was $28,750. Males had a median income of $23,958 versus $16,875 for females. The

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for the borough was $14,542. There were no families and 2.2% of the population living below the

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, including no under eighteen and none of those over sixty-four.

References

{{authority control Populated places established in 1878 Boroughs in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania 1878 establishments in Pennsylvania