Prospect is a

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Butler County, Pennsylvania Butler County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 193,763. Its county seat is Butler. Butler County was created on March 12, 1800, from part of Allegheny County and named in honor of Gen ...

, United States. As of the 2010 census, the borough had a population of 1,169.

Geography

Prospect is located in western Butler County at (40.904113, −80.046430). U.S. Route 422, a

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, cuts across the northeastern corner of the borough, leading east to

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, the county seat, and west to New Castle. Moraine State Park, a recreation destination surrounding Lake Arthur, is next to the northwestern border of the borough. According to the

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, Prospect has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 1,234 people, 501 households, and 359 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 518 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 99.35% White, 0.08% Native American, 0.08% Pacific Islander, and 0.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.41% of the population. There were 501 households, out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.3% were non-families. 24.2% 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 2.46 and the average family size was 2.92. In the borough the population was spread out, with 24.2% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $33,452, and the median income for a family was $40,417. Males had a median income of $33,125 versus $21,298 for females. The

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for the borough was $17,435. About 6.1% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the

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, including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education

It is in the Slippery Rock Area School District.

Notable people

Rube Waddell George Edward "Rube" Waddell (October 13, 1876 – April 1, 1914) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-hander, he played for 13 years, with the Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Orphans in the Nati ...

, early 20th-century baseball

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left-handed pitcher who spent his teen years in Prospecthttp://rubewaddell.net/ rube bio * Arda Green, biochemist, was born at Prospect in 1899

References

External links

Borough of Prospect official website
{{authority control Populated places established in 1825 Boroughs in Butler County, Pennsylvania