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Bellwood is a
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in
Blair County Blair County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 122,822. Its county seat is Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Holli ...
,
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
, United States. It is part of the
Altoona, PA Altoona ( ) is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Altoona metropolitan area, which includes all of Blair County and was recorded as hav ...
Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was at 1,829 as of the 2020 census.


Geography

According to the
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, the borough has a total area of , all land. Bellwood is a rural area situated in the Tuckahoe Valley, part of the Logan Valley area. Bellwood was originally called Bell's Mills. The Borough of Bellwood is surrounded by the Township of Antis.


History

Bellwood's first resident was Edward Bell who moved here with his wife, mother, and father John Bell in 1806. Edward Bell's son, Martin Bell, founded the Sabbath Rest Foundry located in Antis Township (
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) so-called because he invented a new way to stoke the fires and leave them burn Sunday without having any person attend to them.


Demographics

As of the
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2000, there were 2,016 people, 776 households, and 555 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 822 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.81%
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, 0.10%
African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
, 0.05% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.20% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 0.89% of the population. There were 776 households, out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.5% were
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living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.01. In the borough the population was spread out, with 25.5% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 89.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.7 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $34,595, and the median income for a family was $40,091. Males had a median income of $28,869 versus $17,424 for females. The
per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the borough was $14,323. About 5.6% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the
poverty line The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for ...
, including 13.7% of those under age 18 and 12.8% of those age 65 or over.


Community

The tight knit community has many special events that occur throughout the year. There are car shows and firemen conventions that occur each year. Each holiday usually has a parade that leads down Main Street. It has great pride in its hometown football team, The Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils; especially when they play their backyard neighbor, Tyrone. The borough manages a highway department responsible for road maintenance, a police department with 24-hour coverage, and a volunteer fire department. The borough has a historical amusement park, DelGrosso's Amusement Park, founded in 1907. The park was sold to George Rinard in 1928, who in turn sold it to Fred Delgrosso in 1946.


Education

The school district is
Bellwood-Antis School District The Bellwood-Antis School District is a small, rural public school district located in Blair County, Pennsylvania. It serves the Borough of Bellwood and Antis Township. Bellwood-Antis School District encompasses approximately . According to 2 ...
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Notable people

* Jennie Margaret Gheer, missionary * Steve Hatfield, Canadian football player


Nearby communities

Nearby communities include Altoona,
Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population was 106,940. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford local government district. Bedford was founded at a ford (crossin ...
,
Coalport Coalport is a village in Shropshire, England. It is located on the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, a mile downstream of Ironbridge. It lies predominantly on the north bank of the river; on the other side is Jackfield. It forms part of ...
, Duncansville, Ebensburg,
Hollidaysburg Hollidaysburg is a borough in and the county seat of Blair County in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located on the Juniata River, south of Altoona and is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania, metropolitan statistical area. In 1900 ...
,
Huntingdon Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by John, King of England, King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver C ...
, Johnstown,
State College State College is a borough and home rule municipality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a college town, home to the University Park campus of The Pennsylvania State University. State College is the largest designated borou ...
, Tyrone, and Warriors Mark.


See also

*
List of boroughs in Pennsylvania This is a list of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania. There are currently 956 municipalities classified as boroughs and one classified as a town in Pennsylvania. Unlike other forms of municipalities in Pennsylvania, boroughs and towns are not cla ...


References


External links


Bellwood-Antis Community Site

Bellwood-Antis Public Library

Bellwood-Antis School District

Bellwood Football (BAHS Football)


{{authority control 1898 establishments in Pennsylvania Boroughs in Blair County, Pennsylvania