Hartstown is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in

Crawford County Crawford County is the name of eleven counties in the United States: * Crawford County, Arkansas * Crawford County, Georgia * Crawford County, Illinois * Crawford County, Indiana * Crawford County, Iowa * Crawford County, Kansas * Crawford County, ...

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. The population was 201 at the 2010 census, down from 246 in 2000.

History

The

Dr. James White House The Dr. James White House was a historic home located at Hartstown, West Fallowfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The main section was built in 1835, and was a two-story, frame dwelling in a vernacular Greek Revival style. A one- ...

was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1980 and delisted in 2004.

Geography

Hartstown is located in southwestern Crawford County at (41.551126, -80.377475), in the northern part of West Fallowfield Township.

U.S. Route 322 U.S. Route 322 (US 322) is a , east–west United States Highway, traversing Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The road is a spur route, spur of U.S. Route 22, US 22 and one of the original highways from 1926. A portion of it at one time was c ...

and

Pennsylvania Route 18 Pennsylvania Route 18 (PA 18) is a major north–south highway in Western Pennsylvania whose southern terminus is at the West Virginia state line, where it continues as WV 69, while the northern terminus is at PA 5 in Lake City. At a len ...

intersect in the center of town. US 322 leads southwest to Jamestown, while PA 18 leads south to Greenville. The two highways together lead northeast to

Conneaut Lake Conneaut Lake is the largest natural lake in Pennsylvania by surface area. It is located in western Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Crawford County near a Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, town with the same name. Its has a surface area of approximat ...

. According to the

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, the Hartstown CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.45%, is water.

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 246 people, 95 households, and 66 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 111 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.75%

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, 0.81% Native American, 0.41% from other races, and 2.03% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.81% of the population. There were 95 households, out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% were

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...

living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.97. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $28,906, and the median income for a family was $31,354. Males had a median income of $28,906 versus $17,500 for females. The

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for the CDP was $12,199. About 12.7% of families and 20.6% 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 28.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 10.0% of those sixty five or over.

References

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