Editing Apollo, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Armstrong]]
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| leader_name        = Karen Kenzevich
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| population_total   = 1615
| population_density_km2 = 2042.49
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| postal_code        = 15613
| area_code          = [[Area code 724|724]]
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'''Apollo''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Armstrong County, Pennsylvania]], United States, {{convert|35|mi}} northeast of [[Pittsburgh]] in a former coal-mining region. Apollo was settled in 1790, laid out in 1816, and incorporated as a borough in 1848. The population was 1,615 at the [[2020 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Apollo+borough,+Pennsylvania | title=Explore Census Data }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Apollo, Pa LCCN2007661531.tif|thumb|left|500px|Panorama of Apollo, 1909]]
The area was sectioned in 1769, following the [[Treaty of Fort Stanwix]], as a farm known as "Warren's Sleeping Place", named after a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] trader from the area named Edward Warren. It was soon surveyed and divided into lots, with the town of '''Warren''' officially being added to the [[Greensburg, Pennsylvania|Greensburg]] register on November 9, 1816.<ref name="Apollo History" /> The [[Drake Log Cabin|log cabin home of the Drake family]] still stands in the area, and is one of the oldest buildings in Armstrong County.

With the introduction of the post office, the area was officially renamed from Warren to '''Apollo''' in 1848 to avoid confusion with the post office of [[Warren, Pennsylvania|another town]] in Pennsylvania of the same name.<ref name="Apollo History">{{cite book|last=Henry|first=Thomas James|title=1816-1916; History of Apollo, Pennsylvania: The Year of a Hundred Years|year=1916|publisher=The News-Record Pub. Co|location=Apollo, Pennsylvania|pages=18–22, 25, 41, 54|url=https://archive.org/stream/18161916historyo00henr/18161916historyo00henr_djvu.txt|access-date=August 6, 2013}}</ref> The present name is after [[Apollo]], the Greek and Roman god of music, healing, light, prophecy and enlightenment.<ref>{{cite book|last=Espenshade|first=Abraham Howry|title=Pennsylvania Place Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012934249&view=1up&seq=308|year=1925|publisher=Evangelical Press|isbn=978-0-8063-0416-8|page=304}}</ref>

By the late 19th century the Apollo Iron & Steel Company dominated the local economy. In 1895, the company's president, George Gibson McMurtry, hired prominent landscape architects [[Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot]] to design a town for Apollo Iron & Steel's workers. The result was the neighboring town of [[Vandergrift, Pennsylvania|Vandergrift]]. In 1911, Apollo became home to the first public library in Armstrong County.

The Roaring Run Recreation Area is located one mile upriver (southeast) of Apollo and can be accessed via the Apollo Kiski River Trail. Stone remnants of the Western Division of the Pennsylvania Mainline Canal, that passed through Apollo and operated between 1825 and 1850, can be found along the Roaring Run Trail. The canal made use of the Kiskiminetas River using a system of slackwater dams, and the boats floated on the river, entering a lock located at the mouth of Roaring Run. From there the canal ran along the path of the current Roaring Run Trail, through the entire length of the borough, entering the Kiskiminetas River again across the river from where the current borough of [[East Vandergrift, Pennsylvania|East Vandergrift]] is situated.

The borough suffered significant damage in the [[Pittsburgh flood of 1936|1936 St. Patrick's Day flood]]. The Kiskiminetas River rose more than 15 feet above flood stage. 95 area homes were damaged or washed away and the borough's bridge was destroyed, according to the Apollo Area Historical Society.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Mary Ann |title=Tour to focus on historic flooding |url=https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/apollo-area-historical-society-revisits-the-st-patrick-days-flood-of-1936/ |publisher=Tribune-Review |date=February 28, 2022}}</ref>

The [[Drake Log Cabin]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1983.<ref>{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Apollo is located on the [[Kiskiminetas River]] at {{coord|40|35|3|N|79|33|52|W|type:city}} (40.584103, -79.564363).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.9|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.8|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|km2|disp=flip}}, or 12.43%, is water.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4202720| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202735/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4202720| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Apollo borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=July 29, 2013}}</ref>

==Surrounding and adjacent neighborhoods==
Apollo has two land borders, including [[North Apollo, Pennsylvania|North Apollo]] to the north and [[Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Kiskiminetas Township]] to the east and south. Across the Kiskiminetas River in Westmoreland County to the west, Apollo runs adjacent with [[Oklahoma, Pennsylvania|Oklahoma]] with the 1st Street Bridge as a connector.

==Demographics==
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[[File:Apollo PA Presby Ch PHS17.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Apollo Presbyterian Church, before 1923]]
{{US Census population
| 1850 = 331
| 1860 = 449
| 1870 = 764
| 1880 = 1156
| 1890 = 2156
| 1900 = 2924
| 1910 = 3006
| 1920 = 3227
| 1930 = 3406
| 1940 = 3232
| 1950 = 3015
| 1960 = 2694
| 1970 = 2308
| 1980 = 2212
| 1990 = 1895
| 2000 = 1765
| 2010 = 1647
| 2020 = 1615
| footnote = Sources:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 4, 2012|title=Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
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At the [https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US4202720-apollo-pa/ 2020 census] there were 1,408 people, 623 households residing in the borough. The [[population density]] was 4,612 per square mile. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial makeup]] was 85% White, 5% African American, 1% Native American, 2% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander and 5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3% of the population.

There were 623 households, of which 56% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23% were non-families. The average household size was 2.2.

The median age of 41.5 years is more than the previous census, which had a median age of 37. The distribution by age group was 19% under the age of 18, 65% from 18 to 64, 16% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.5 years. The population was 52% male and 48% female.

The [[median household income]] was $43,173. The [[per capita income]] was $23,835. About 11.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9% of those under age 18 and 13% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
[[Apollo-Ridge School District]], K–12

==Media==
[[WJFA]] signed on as WAVL on April 15, 1947. The 5,000-watt station is at 910 on the AM dial.

==Notable people==
* [[Nellie Bly]], journalist and adventurer
* [[Ryan Hemphill]], [[NASCAR]] driver

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Apollo, Pennsylvania}}
*[https://apollopa.net/ Borough of Apollo official website]
*[https://apollopahistory.com/ Apollo Area Historical Society]

{{Armstrong County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1790]]
[[Category:Pittsburgh metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1790 establishments in Pennsylvania]]