Hughesville is a

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Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Lycoming County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 114,188. Its county seat is Williamsport. The county is part of the North Central region of the commonwealth. Lycoming County compri ...

, United States. The population was 2,155 at the 2020 census. It is part of the

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Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Hughesville is named for Jeptha Hughes, who purchased land from John Heap in 1816 and laid out the town of "Hughesburg" before selling the entire plot to Daniel Harrold in 1820. The town grew slowly around a

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that was constructed by Jacob Clayton. A

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was built in 1820, and a

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followed ten years later. The first doctor in Hughesville, John W. Peale, arrived in 1828. Hughesville was incorporated as a

on April 23, 1852. The first dentist opened an office in 1853 and the first lawyer settled in Hughesville in 1875.* Early industries in Hughesville were built to serve the farmers and citizens of eastern Lycoming County. They included a chair factory opened in 1829, a

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shop in 1830, several

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, a

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and

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, and a furniture factory. Electricity was introduced to Hughesville in 1891 along with running water.

Geography

Hughesville is located at (41.240402, -76.724852). It is completely surrounded by Wolf Township.

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, Lycoming County is approximately northwest of

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and east-northeast of

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. According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , all land. Hughesville hosts the Lycoming County Fair and is home to the East Lycoming School District.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,220 people, 967 households, and 608 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 1,029 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.60%

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, 0.18%

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, 0.36% Native American, 0.05% Asian, 0.18% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.81% of the population. There were 967 households, out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were

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living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families. 32.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.5% 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 2.90. In the borough the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.9 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $29,361, and the median income for a family was $37,905. Males had a median income of $29,750 versus $20,794 for females. The

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for the borough was $16,271. About 4.0% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the

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, including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.

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* {{authority control Boroughs in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Populated places established in 1816 1816 establishments in Pennsylvania

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