Williamstown is a

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Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Dauphin County (; Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: Daffin Kaundi) is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the populati ...

, United States. The borough is northeast of

Harrisburg Harrisburg ( ; ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat, seat of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County. With a population of 50, ...

. Formerly,

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mines and hosiery mills were located in the borough. The population was 1,303 at the 2020 census. Williamstown is part of the Harrisburg–

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Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Williamstown is located in northeastern Dauphin County at (40.581075, -76.618296). It is in the valley of Wiconisco Creek, between Big Lick Mountain to the north and Berry Mountain to the south. U.S. Route 209 passes to the south of the borough, leading northeast to Pottsville and west to Elizabethville. According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,433 people, 611 households, and 406 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 716 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 99.02%

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, 0.14%

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, 0.07% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.07% from other races, and 0.49% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.35% of the population. There were 611 households, 25.7% of which included children under the age of 18. 49.3% were

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living together, 11.6% had a female householder, and 33.4% were non-families. 29.0% of all households consisted of individuals, and 15.9% were single residents 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.83. The borough population included 21.8% under the age of 18; 8.0% from 18 to 24; 27.5% from 25 to 44; 22.0% from 45 to 64; and 20.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $33,359, and the median income for a family was $36,548. Males had a median income of $31,855 versus $23,125 for females. The

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for the borough was $15,744. About 11.9% of families and 14.7% of the population were below the

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, including 18.6% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

* Gary Collins, Played college ball for the

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Terrapins from 1959 to 1961 and was an NFL player for the

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from 1962 to 1971. * Charles Clarence Curtis, U.S. Army major general * John Sylvanus Thompson, author of multiple method books for learning the piano was born and raised in Williamstown, Pennsylvania.https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1588890684774305&set=a.1588884481441592.1073741943.1514282398901801

References

External links

* {{authority control Populated places established in 1869 Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area Boroughs in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania 1869 establishments in Pennsylvania