Youngsville is a

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, United States. The population was 1,729 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Youngsville is located at (41.853460, -79.318614). According to the

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, the borough has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²), all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,834 people, 767 households, and 533 families living in the borough. The

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was 1,380.3 people per square mile (532.4/km²). There were 821 housing units at an average density of 617.9 per square mile (238.3/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 99.13%

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, 0.38% Native American, 0.05%

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, 0.16% from

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, and 0.27% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.60% of the population. There were 767 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were

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living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.89. In the borough the population was spread out, with 25.5% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 87.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $32,104, and the median income for a family was $40,185. Males had a median income of $32,778 versus $20,380 for females. The

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for the borough was $16,278. About 10.2% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the

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, including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

Guy Hecker Guy Jackson Hecker (April 3, 1856 – December 3, 1938) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was born in Youngsville, Pennsylvania. His debut game took place on May 2, 1882. His final game took place on September 30, 1890. Dur ...

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pitcher, threw a

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LouAnne Johnson LouAnne Johnson is an American writer, teacher and former U.S. Navy journalist. She spent seven years as a radio-TV broadcaster and one year as a Marine Corps Officer, after graduating as Honor Woman in her Marine Corps OCS class. She was the fi ...

, writer, teacher and former United States Marine * Walter Sheffer, photographer and teacher *

Michael Shine Michael Lyle "Mike" Shine (born September 19, 1953 in Youngsville, Pennsylvania) is a former United States Olympic athlete. At the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, he earned the silver medal in the 400 m men's hurdles, behind Edwin Moses, ...

, former United States Olympic athlete

References

{{authority control Boroughs in Warren County, Pennsylvania Populated places established in 1796 1796 establishments in Pennsylvania