Carmichaels is a

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Greene County, Pennsylvania Greene 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 35,954. Its county seat is Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Waynes ...

, United States. The population was 432 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 483 tabulated in

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History

The Carmichaels Covered Bridge and Greene Academy are listed on the

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. Carmichaels, Pennsylvania is quite famous in its area for the Coal Queen Pageant, an annual beauty pageant where girls from all over Greene County compete to be crowned Coal Queen.

Education

Carmichaels is home to the school district of Carmichaels Area. There is an Elementary Center and a Jr/Sr High School on the same grounds, home of the Mighty Mikes.

Geography

Carmichaels is located in eastern Greene County at (39.897755, -79.975022). It is surrounded by Cumberland Township but is a separate municipality.

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passes through the borough, leading north to Fredericktown and south to Point Marion. According to the

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, Carmichaels has a total area of , of which , or 2.86%, is water. Muddy Creek, a tributary of the

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, flows to the northeast through the northern corner of the borough, where it passes under the Carmichaels Covered Bridge on Old Town Road.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 556 people, 232 households, and 141 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 255 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.20%

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, and 1.80% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.18% of the population. There were 232 households, out of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.7% were

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living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.03. In the borough the population was spread out, with 23.4% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.4 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $33,462, and the median income for a family was $36,719. Males had a median income of $29,286 versus $20,125 for females. The

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for the borough was $14,979. About 8.3% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the

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, including 12.4% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.

Electric generating station

Carmichaels is home to the Hill Top Energy Center. A newly constructed natural

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with a generating capacity of 625 megawatts, it is scheduled to begin operations in the summer of 2021.

Notable people

Todd Tamanend Clark Todd Tamanend Clark (born Todd Clark; August 10, 1952) is an American poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, cultural historian, author, artist, and activist. He is known for "his musical blend of Native American heritage, glam fashion consciou ...

, poet and composer, lived in Carmichaels from 1963 to 1965 * Albert B. Cummins, the Progressive Era's

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governor and U.S. senator, born in Carmichaels in 1850 *

Richard Trumka Richard Louis Trumka (July 24, 1949 – August 5, 2021) was an American attorney and organized labor leader. He served as president of the United Mine Workers from 1982 to 1995, and then was secretary-general of the AFL-CIO from 1995 to 2009. He ...

, president of

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since 2009 and previous president of

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, born and raised in nearby

Nemacolin Nemacolin () was a hereditary chief of the Delaware Nation who helped Thomas Cresap widen a Native American path across the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio River Valley. Biography The son of Checochinican (Chickoconecon), chief of the Fish Cla ...

and attended school in Carmichaels * Pete Putila, General Manager of the San Francisco Giants, born in Carmichaels 1989

References

External links

Carmichaels Area School District
{{authority control Populated places established in 1768 Boroughs in Greene County, Pennsylvania 1768 establishments in Pennsylvania