Blawnox is a

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Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Allegheny County ( ) is a County (United States), county in Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,250,578, making it the List of counties in Pennsylvania, state's second-most populous county, after Philadelp ...

, United States. The population was 1,454 at the 2020 census. It is part of the

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Name

The name, Blawnox, is derived from the

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Company, which had a manufacturing plant there providing much of the town's employment. Blawnox had been called Hoboken.

History

The town was founded in the late 19th century, with the name Hoboken. Steel was the community's major industry, with the area being home to the Blaw Steel Co. and the Knox Welded and Pressed Steel Co. When the Blaw Steel Co. acquired the Knox Welded and Pressed Steel Co. in 1917, the company became known as the Blaw-Knox Steel Construction Co., and the size of Hoboken was expanded to the whole area spanned by the Blaw-Knox mill. Blawnox was incorporated on April 13, 1925, from O'Hara Township.

Geography

Blawnox is located at . According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and , or 25.58%, is water. Its average elevation is above sea level.

Surrounding and adjacent communities

Blawnox is entirely surrounded by land to the north, northeast and west by the westernmost section of O'Hara Township. Across the

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, Blawnox runs adjacent with Penn Hills.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,550 people, 858 households, and 373 families residing in the borough. The

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was . There were 931 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 93.03%

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, 1.03%

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, 0.06% Native American, 5.23% Asian, 0.19% from other races, and 0.45% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.65% of the population. There were 858 households, out of which 15.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.4% were

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living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 56.5% were non-families. 51.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.81 and the average family size was 2.68. In the borough the population was spread out, with 14.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.9 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $30,203, and the median income for a family was $43,500. Males had a median income of $31,450 versus $26,406 for females. The

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for the borough was $19,858. About 5.8% of families and 8.7% of the population were below the

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, including 9.5% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

Government and politics

Presidential Voting Results

References

External links

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{{authority control Populated places established in 1925 Pittsburgh metropolitan area Boroughs in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 1925 establishments in Pennsylvania