South New Castle is a

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in central

Lawrence County, Pennsylvania Lawrence County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,070. The county seat and largest city is New Castle. The county was created on March 20, 1849, from parts of Beaver and Mercer cou ...

, United States. The population was 649 at the 2020 census. It is primarily a residential community which lies south of the city of New Castle, and is part of the

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. The borough will officially be annexed into nearby Shenango Township on January 1, 2026.

Geography

South New Castle is located at (40.975430, -80.344624). According to the

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, the borough has a total area of 0.3 square mile (0.9 km), all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 808 people, 309 households, and 232 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 326 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 99.38%

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, 0.37% Native American, 0.12% Asian, and 0.12% from two or more races. There were 309 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were

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living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 22.0% 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 2.61 and the average family size was 3.04. In the borough the population was spread out, with 22.9% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $30,568, and the median income for a family was $38,472. Males had a median income of $29,926 versus $20,781 for females. The

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for the borough was $15,095. About 5.8% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the

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, including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.

Merger

In November 2024, the electorate of Shenango Township and South New Castle Borough voted in resounding favor of the dissolution of South New Castle Borough into Shenango Township, reversing a decision that was made 123 years earlier, when the Borough of South New Castle was created. The official merger is to take place on January 1, 2026.

Culture

New Castle is known both as the “

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capital of the world”. Its

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s are the product of

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immigrants who came to New Castle in the early 1900's and established restaurants along with their homes.

References

{{authority control Populated places established in 1901 Boroughs in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania