Lake City, Pennsylvania
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Lake City is a
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in Erie County,
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, United States. The population was 2,936 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area.


History

Prior to European Colonization, the land that now contains Lake City was the home of the
Erie people The Erie people were an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands historically living on the south shore of Lake Erie. An Iroquoian-speaking tribe, they lived in what is now western New York, northwestern Pennsylvania, and northern Ohio b ...
.


Miles Grove

The pretty and growing village of Miles Grove, or Girard Station, as it is known to the traveling public, is situated on the Lake Shore Railroad, a little over a mile east of the intersection of the Erie & Pittsburgh, one and three-quarter miles north of Girard, fifteen and a half west of Erie and eighty east of Cleveland. It is four and a half miles from the depot to Fairview Station, five to Fairview Borough, six to Lockport, five to East Springfield, four to North Springfield, ten to Cranesville, eleven to Wellsburg, eleven and a half to Albion and twelve to Franklin. The population of the village by the census of 1880 was 471. The site of Miles Grove is one of the most suitable for a town in Erie County. The country is extremely fine and closely settled – so close, indeed, between there and Girard that it will not be many years till they are one town. The place was named after Judge Miles, who influenced the erection of the depot, the ground for which was given by Austin H. Seeley, who laid out the lots. It grew slowly for some years, but received a new impetus by the completion of the Erie & Pittsburg road, which caused it to be made a general stopping place for the trains. Another start was given to it by the location of A. Denio's fork and agricultural works, which furnish employment to about seventy persons. These works – now known as the Otsego Fork Mills – were brought to Mile Grove, part in 1874, and the balance in 1876, the citizens subscribing $5,000 to $5,000 to induce their removal. This important industry was established at Albion thirty years ago. The handle department burned down in the year of 1873, when the entire business was transferred to Miles Grove, where a part of it was already in operation. The village contains, besides a good many fine residences, an Episcopal and a Methodist Episcopal Church, a fine schoolhouse, with three teachers, an iron foundry, a hotel – built by A. M. Osborn in the spring of 1865 – five or six stores, an express office, two shoe shops and two blacksmith shops. The Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1867. It is used in part by the Presbyterians, according to a condition in the subscription paper. James Sampson donated the land on which the building stands. The Methodist Episcopal Congregation has belonged to Girard charge ever since its organization.


Geography

Lake City is located in western Erie County at (42.017349, −80.346641). It is bordered to the south by the borough of Girard, to the east and west and partially to the north by Girard Township, and partially to the north by
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. According to the
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, the borough has a total area of , of which , or 0.47%, is water. Elk Creek passes through the westernmost part of the borough, then enters Lake Erie just west of the borough limits. Lake City is served by two Pennsylvania state routes:
Pennsylvania Route 5 Pennsylvania Route 5 (PA 5) is a westward continuation of New York State Route 5 (NY 5). Located in the Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States, it runs from North East, Pennsylvania at the New York-Pennsylvania border ...
running east–west as West Lake Road, and Pennsylvania Route 18 running north–south as Lake Street and Rice Avenue. PA 5 leads northeast to Avonia and southwest to
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, while PA 18 leads south into Girard. Erie is to the northeast. Most streets in Lake City are low density residential avenues. There are no traffic lights in Lake City.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2010, there were 2,699 people, 1,025 households, and 788 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 1,076 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 99.32%
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, 0.14% Asian, 0.14% from other races, and 0.39% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 0.60% of the population. There were 1,025 households, out of which 40.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% 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, 15.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.12. In the borough the population was spread out, with 30.0% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $35,481, and the median income for a family was $40,598. Males had a median income of $31,554 versus $21,533 for females. The
per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the borough was $15,419. About 9.2% of families and 10.6% 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 16.1% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.


Notable person

* William Frederick "Bones" Ely, 19th century Major League Baseball player


References


External links


Lake City Borough official websiteGirard-Lake City Chamber of Commerce
{{authority control Populated places established in 1863 Boroughs in Erie County, Pennsylvania 1863 establishments in Pennsylvania