Warrior Run is a borough in

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, United States. The population was 528 at the time of the 2020 census.

History

Early history

The first settlers of Warrior Run were

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natives Elisha and Anna Blackman and their young children, Henry and Ebenezer. In 1791, they cleared trees and built a

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Coal mining

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was the chief industry in the

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. In 1864, the Warrior Run Mining Company was organized; it reopened the old Holland and Hillman mine. The company built a breaker at the foot of the mountain; it opened in 1867. At about the same time, both the

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and the Nanticoke Branch of the

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completed their lines through the area, thus making it possible to conveniently mine, transport, and market the area's coal. The occupations of the majority of residents were directly associated to mining in some way. Ultimately, in the 20th century, the coal industry in the region died out.

Borough

Warrior Run Mining Village arose on the land owned by the Warrior Run Mining Company. On January 25, 1895, the Borough of Warrior Run was incorporated. Charles Williams was elected the first burgess on February 19. A lot on Hanover Street was selected for the borough's first town hall. The borough celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1995.

Geography

Warrior Run is located at (41.187463, -75.952584) — just southeast of

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. According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. It is located on a historical battleground and on mostly fertile soil. The northern and western sections of the community consist mostly of homes and businesses; the southern and eastern areas of the borough are predominantly

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 624 people, 257 households, and 178 families living in the borough. The population density was . There were 285 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.88%

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, 0.32%

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, 0.16% Asian, and 0.64% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.80% of the population. There were 257 households, out of which 26.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 51.0% were

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living together, 16.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.94. In the borough the population was spread out, with 22.6% under the age of eighteen, 6.1% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.5% from twenty-five to forty-four, 24.7% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 18.1% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty years. For every one hundred females there were 86.3 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and older, there were 82.3 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $29,583, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $28,958 compared with that of $21,304 for females. The

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for the borough was $15,693. Roughly 10.0% of families and 9.1% of the population were living below the

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, including 12.2% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 9.8% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.

References

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