Trainer is a

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, United States. The population was 1,828 at the 2010 census, down from 1,901 at the 2000 census. The borough was named after

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, a wealthy textile manufacturer.

History

Trainer is named after the Linwood Mills owner David Trainer Sr. The borough of Trainer was originally part of Lower Chichester Township and was incorporated as a borough in 1919.

Geography

Trainer is located in southern Delaware County at (39.828612, -75.403599), on the northwest bank of the

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. It is bordered to the southwest by the borough of Marcus Hook, to the west by the community of Linwood in Lower Chichester Township, to the north by Upper Chichester Township, to the east by the city of

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, and to the south across the Delaware River by

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. Stoney Creek passes through the town, emptying into the Delaware River. According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and , or 22.94%, is water.

Transportation

As of 2018 there were of public roads in Trainer, of which were maintained by the

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(PennDOT) and were maintained by the borough. U.S. Route 13 crosses the central portion of Trainer, leading northeast through Chester to

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and southwest to

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. Pennsylvania Route 291 reaches its western terminus at US 13 in the borough. U.S. Route 13 Business also terminates at the junction of US 13 and PA 291 in Trainer.

Petroleum and port

The shore of the Delaware River is heavily industrialized and is an extension of the Port of Chester. The Stoney Creek Secondary has a rail yard north of its namesake.

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owns an oil refinery in Trainer called the Trainer Refinery. It purchased the refinery for $180 million from

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in 2012.

Educational system

Trainer is a part of Chichester School District. Children within the borough usually atten
Marcus Hook Elementary School
(Grades K-4)
Chichester Middle School
(Grades 5–8), or Chichester High School (Grades 9–12). Trainer Elementary School closed in 1984. There were plans to reopen the school in 1989, but the reopening did not happen. The area Catholic K-8 school is Holy Family Regional Catholic School in

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. Trainer previously was served by Resurrection of Our Lord School in

. It closed in 1993, with Trainer students moved to what became Holy Savior-St. John Fisher School in Linwood, which in turn merged into Holy Family in 2012.

Demographics

As of Census 2010, the racial makeup of the borough was 76.4%

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, 18.9%

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, 0.3% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 1.7% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 5.5% of the populatio

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,901 people, 712 households, and 489 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 797 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 88.58%

, 9.21%

, 0.05% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 1.00% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races.

or Latino of any race were 2.52% of the population. There were 712 households, out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were

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living together, 17.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.23. In the borough the population was spread out, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $34,250, and the median income for a family was $45,625. Males had a median income of $39,293 versus $26,719 for females. The

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for the borough was $15,753. About 14.9% of families and 16.5% of the population were below the

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, including 18.2% of those under age 18 and 13.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

Borough of Trainer official website
{{authority control Populated places established in 1919 Boroughs in Delaware County, Pennsylvania 1919 establishments in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania populated places on the Delaware River