Editing DuBois, Pennsylvania (section)

== History ==
Settled in 1812 and [[plat]]ted in 1872, DuBois was incorporated as a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in 1881 and as a city in 1914.

The town was founded by John Rumbarger, for whom the town was originally named. The Rumbarger Cemetery is all that survives of John Rumbarger's "original settlement" in the city of DuBois. The town was later renamed for local lumber magnate John DuBois,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n103 109]}}</ref> who came from a longstanding American family of French [[Huguenot]] descent. Many of the town's original buildings and homes were funded and or donated by Mr. DuBois's lumber mill. In 1938, his nephew, John E. DuBois, donated the family mansion and estate as a permanent home for the DuBois Campus of Penn State University.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://duboispachamber.com/visit/history/ |title = History – Greater DuBois Chamber of Commerce, PA}}</ref> While DuBois was founded as a lumber town, the mining of [[bituminous coal]] quickly became the chief industry in DuBois.

Over the years there have been numerous unsuccessful attempts in 1989, 1995, and 2002 to combine the city with the surrounding [[Sandy Township, Pennsylvania|Sandy Township]], but in 2021 voters in both municipalities successfully voted to consolidate into a new [[Local government in Pennsylvania|third class city]], anticipated to take effect between 2024 and 2026.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Haskins|first=Elaine|title=Officials react to voters approving DuBois-Sandy Twp. consolidation|url=https://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/officials-react-to-voters-approving-dubois-sandy-twp-consolidation/article_37046b27-091b-59a0-b242-b1e33f7de1ba.html|access-date=2021-11-04|website=The Courier Express|language=en}}</ref> Combined, the population of DuBois and Sandy Township is approximately 18,000 people.

The [[Commercial Hotel (DuBois, Pennsylvania)|Commercial Hotel]], since demolished, was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1985, and the [[Dubois Historic District (Dubois, Pennsylvania)|DuBois Historic District]] was listed in 1997.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>