Robinson 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 ...
located in
West Wheatfield Township,
Indiana County in the state of
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 community is located near the
Westmoreland County line and the borough of
Bolivar, along
Pennsylvania Route 259. As of the
2010 census, the population was 614 residents.
History
Founded in 1880, Robinson was originally named Garfield after the
recently elected president. It has its origins as a
brickyard
A brickyard or brickfield is a place or Yard (land), yard where bricks are made, pottery firing, fired, and stored, or sometimes Commerce, sold or otherwise distributed from. Brick makers work in a brick yard. A brick yard may be constructed ...
town, with the Garfield Fire Clay Company operating refractories there and in neighboring
Bolivar from 1887 until 1979.
[Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, and Garfield Fire Clay Company. . trans by Wallace, Kimmitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .]
Demographics
References
External links
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Census-designated places in Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania
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