Editing Callensburg, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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'''Callensburg''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Clarion County, Pennsylvania|Clarion County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. It had a population of 207 in 2010 per the census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4210792| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Callensburg borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=April 22, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20150422144825/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4210792| archive-date=April 22, 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
Callensburg is located in western Clarion County at {{coord|41|7|33|N|79|33|28|W|type:city}} (41.125698, -79.557682).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is situated on a hill overlooking the confluence of Licking Creek with the [[Clarion River]], part of the [[Allegheny River]] watershed.

[[Pennsylvania Route 368]] passes through the center of Callensburg, leading west {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Parker, Pennsylvania|Parker]] on the Allegheny River. Just east of Callensburg, PA 368 ends at [[Pennsylvania Route 58]], which leads east {{convert|3|mi|0}} to [[Sligo, Pennsylvania|Sligo]] and northwest {{Convert|7|mi|0}} to [[St. Petersburg, Pennsylvania|St. Petersburg]], which is {{convert|2|mi|0}} south of [[Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 80]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Callensburg has a total area of {{convert|0.4|km2|disp=flip|1}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==History==
Callensburg was surveyed in 1826, by Hugh Callen, Sr., who commissioned a young surveyor named Sidle Lobaugh to lay out a town on part of the 300 acres he had purchased in 1812. Callen anticipated the building of the [[Pennsylvania Canal]] through that region, and while the eventual route of the canal did not pass near Callensburg, the area still attracted enough settlers to form a borough. It was incorporated in 1851, and held the first town election on March 21, 1851.<ref name="Callensburg History">{{cite web | url=http://history.rays-place.com/pa/clar-callensburg.htm | title=History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania | editor=A. J. Davis | publisher=D. Mason and Co., Syracuse 1887 | accessdate=October 4, 2015 }}</ref>

In laying out the town, Mr. Callen reserved three acres for building a Presbyterian Church and cemetery, and deeded an open lot north of Main street, where the town spring was located, to the town. He built his house south of [[Licking Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania|Licking Township]], where local legend claimed there was a large poplar tree:<ref name="Callensburg History"/>
<blockquote>
"This tree grew from a twig used by Mr. Callen as a riding whip. On his return from church at Concord one Sunday he stuck the whip into the ground, and this lone poplar stands today as a monument to the piety of him who planted it."
</blockquote>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1860= 319
|1870= 255
|1880= 277
|1890= 241
|1900= 248
|1910= 198
|1920= 215
|1930= 208
|1940= 280
|1950= 261
|1960= 280
|1970= 249
|1980= 248
|1990= 205
|2000= 224
|2010= 207
|2020= 150
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{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|accessdate=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=11 June 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|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 224 people, 96 households, and 54 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|1,489.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 100 housing units at an average density of {{convert|665.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.55% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], and 0.45% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.89% of the population.

There were 96 households, out of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.8% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 22.8% under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $28,000, and the median income for a family was $37,083. Males had a median income of $29,375 versus $19,583 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $13,654. About 17.3% of families and 24.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 38.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 36.7% of those sixty five or over.
[[File:Main from Scott, Callensburg.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Houses on [[Pennsylvania Route 368|Main Street]]]]

==References==
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{{Clarion County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1826]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Clarion County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1826 establishments in Pennsylvania]]