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{{Infobox settlement | {{Infobox settlement | ||
|official_name = Scalp Level, Pennsylvania | | official_name = Scalp Level, Pennsylvania | ||
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|settlement_type = Borough | | settlement_type = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]] | ||
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|subdivision_name = United States | | subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]] | ||
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | | subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]] | ||
|subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]] | | subdivision_name2 = [[Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria]] | ||
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]] | | government_footnotes = | ||
|subdivision_name2 = [[Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria]] | | government_type = Borough council | ||
|government_footnotes = | | leader_title = Mayor | ||
|government_type = Borough council | | leader_name = | ||
|leader_title = Mayor | | leader_title1 = | ||
|leader_name = | | leader_name1 = | ||
|leader_title1 = | | leader_title2 = | ||
|leader_name1 = | | leader_name2 = | ||
|leader_title2 = | | leader_title3 = | ||
|leader_name2 = | | leader_name3 = | ||
|leader_title3 = | | leader_title4 = | ||
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|leader_title4 = | | established_title = Settled | ||
|leader_name4 = | | established_date = 1835 | ||
|established_title = Settled | | established_title1 = Incorporated | ||
|established_date = 1835 | | established_date1 = 1898 | ||
|established_title1 = Incorporated | | area_magnitude = | ||
|established_date1 = 1898 | | unit_pref = Imperial | ||
|area_magnitude = | | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 28, 2020}}</ref> | ||
|unit_pref | | area_total_km2 = 1.71 | ||
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 28, 2020}}</ref> | | area_land_km2 = 1.71 | ||
|area_total_km2 = 1.71 | | area_water_km2 = 0.00 | ||
|area_land_km2 = 1.71 | | area_total_sq_mi = 0.66 | ||
|area_water_km2 = 0.00 | | area_land_sq_mi = 0.66 | ||
|area_total_sq_mi = 0.66 | | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 | ||
|area_land_sq_mi = 0.66 | | area_water_percent = | ||
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 | | population_as_of = [[2010 United States Census|2010]] | ||
|area_water_percent = | | population_footnotes = | ||
|population_as_of = [[2010 United States Census|2010]] | | population_note = | ||
|population_footnotes = | | population_total = 778 | ||
|population_note = | | population_density_km2 = 410.16 | ||
|population_total = 778 | | population_density_sq_mi = 1062.22 | ||
|population_density_km2 = 410.16 | | timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] | ||
|population_density_sq_mi = 1062.22 | | utc_offset = -5 | ||
|timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] | | timezone_DST = EDT | ||
|utc_offset = -5 | | utc_offset_DST = -4 | ||
|timezone_DST = EDT | | coordinates = {{coord|40|15|04|N|78|50|23|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} | ||
|utc_offset_DST = -4 | | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | ||
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|elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | | elevation_ft = 1703 | ||
|elevation_m = | | postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] | ||
|elevation_ft = 1703 | | postal_code = | ||
|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] | | area_code = [[Area code 814|814]] | ||
|postal_code = | | website = | ||
|area_code = [[Area code 814|814]] | | footnotes = | ||
|website = | | pop_est_as_of = 2019 | ||
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|pop_est_as_of = 2019 | | population_est = 700 | ||
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|population_est = 700 | | blank_info = 42-68104 | ||
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]] | | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | ||
|blank_info = 42-68104 | | blank1_info = 1215033<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1215033}}</ref> | ||
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | | image_map = File:Cambria County Pennsylvania Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Scalp Level Highlighted.svg | ||
|blank1_info = 1215033<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1215033}}</ref> | | map_caption = Location of Scalp Level in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. | ||
|image_map = File:Cambria County Pennsylvania Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Scalp Level Highlighted.svg | |||
|map_caption = Location of Scalp Level in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Scalp Level''' is a borough in [[Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. It is part of the [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The population was 778 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4268104| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Scalp Level borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=March 19, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20150319144910/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4268104| archive-date=March 19, 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref> | '''Scalp Level''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. It is part of the [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The population was 778 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4268104| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Scalp Level borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=March 19, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20150319144910/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4268104| archive-date=March 19, 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:46, 15 August 2025
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Main other Scalp Level is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 778 at the 2010 census.[1]
History
According to tradition, the town site was so named after a local property owner ordered his farmhands to "scalp them bushes level".[2][3]
The Windber Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[4]
Geography
Scalp Level is located on the southern border of Cambria County at Template:Coord (40.250976, -78.839813).[5] It is bordered to the south by the boroughs of Paint and Windber in Somerset County. It is in the valley of Paint Creek, a westward-flowing tributary of the Stonycreek River, which flows north to form the Conemaugh River in the center of Johnstown, Template:Convert northwest of Scalp Level.
U.S. Route 219, a four-lane expressway, passes Template:Convert northwest of Scalp Level, leading southwest Template:Convert to Somerset and northeast Template:Convert to Ebensburg, the Cambria County seat. Pennsylvania Route 56 runs through the center of Scalp Level and leads southeast Template:Convert to Bedford.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Scalp Level has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.[1]
Demographics
Template:US Census population As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 851 people, 347 households, and 234 families residing in the borough. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 375 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.53% White, 0.24% African American, and 0.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.59% of the population.
There were 347 households, out of which 29.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.4% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 22.6% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 88.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $25,956, and the median income for a family was $30,515. Males had a median income of $26,354 versus $17,216 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $12,108. About 9.1% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.5% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.
Notable person
- Alexander Ratiu, author, Roman Catholic priest and political activist