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Hallam ( ) is a
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in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,777 at the 2020 census. It is part of the York–Hanover metropolitan area.


History

Before 1736, all parts of Pennsylvania west of the
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, including present-day Hallam Borough and the surrounding Hellam Township, were land of the Iroquois. In October 1736, the Proprietors of Pennsylvania received from the Five Nations deeds for the Susquehanna lands south of the Blue Mountains, including the borough and township. From 1736 to 1739, the area was under the authority of Hempfield Township in Lancaster County east of the Susquehanna. In 1739, the Provincial Assembly passed a special act to empower Lancaster County to establish townships west of the river. Hellam Township was created and included most of what is now
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, Adams and Cumberland counties. Hellam Township was named after Hallamshire, the township in England where Samuel Blunston, the magistrate of Lancaster County, was born. When Hallam Borough was incorporated in 1902, the town's name was spelled Hallam, the same as the English township. The Martin Schultz House was listed on the
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in 1993.


Geography

Hallam is located at (40.003897, -76.604528). It is a suburb of
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and is part of the York-Hanover Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the York-Hanover-Gettysburg Combined Statistical Area. According to the
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, the borough has a total area of , all land. Hallam is located within the Kreutz Creek watershed.


Climate

Hallam lies on the cusp of a
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zone and experiences four discernible seasons. It receives an average of of
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each year, with the wettest month being June. In January 1994, Hallam experienced its lowest recorded temperature at -21 °F, while the hottest temperature on record was 105 °F in July 1936.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 1,532 people, 667 households, and 450 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 713 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 96.21%
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, 1.31%
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, 0.39% Native American, 0.59% Asian, 0.85% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 1.31% of the population. There were 667 households, out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.6% were
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living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.76. In the borough the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $42,235, and the median income for a family was $47,552. Males had a median income of $34,773 versus $24,716 for females. The
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for the borough was $22,868. About 5.0% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the
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, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.


Education

The Hallam Borough is served by the Eastern York School District. Students in Hallam attend Kreutz Creek Elementary School if they are in grades K–5, Eastern York Middle School in 6–8, and Eastern York High School in 9–12.


References

*Kreutz Creek Valley Preservation Society, "An Early History of Hellam Township"


External links


Hallam Borough official website
{{authority control Populated places established in 1770 Boroughs in York County, Pennsylvania 1902 establishments in Pennsylvania