Editing Casselman, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset]]
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|area_code = [[Area code 814|814]]
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'''Casselman''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States.

==Population==
The population was 100 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021">{{cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=July 24, 2022}}</ref> Casselman is part of the [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]], [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
The final section of the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|Baltimore & Ohio Railroad]] line between [[Pittsburgh]] and [[Cumberland, Maryland|Cumberland]] was completed on the afternoon of April 10, 1871, with the final rail being laid near Forge Bridge,<ref>{{cite book |title=History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania |url=https://archive.org/details/pa-bedford-somerset-fulton-1884-waterman/page/n180/ |year=1884 |publisher=Waterman, Watkins & Co. |location=Chicago |page=180}}</ref> which became a small station just west of Casselman.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Middle States: a Handbook for Travellers, 4th ed. |url=https://archive.org/details/middlestatesaha00unkngoog/page/n431/ |year=1881 |publisher=James R. Osgood & Co. |location=Boston |page=364}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Map of Casselman and Mineral Point Area from 1860 Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Map by Edward L Walker.jpg|thumb|left|Casselman & Mineral Point Area, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1860]]
Casselman is at {{coord|39|53|9|N|79|12|33|W|type:city}} (39.885828, -79.209148).<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> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

Casselman sits on the bank of the [[Casselman River]], along the far eastern tip of [[Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Turkeyfoot Township]]. The accompanying map shows the area that later became the borough of Casselman, around the capital "T" in the "OOT". Mineral Point to the northeast is an earlier name for [[Rockwood, Pennsylvania|Rockwood]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1880= 88
|1900= 150
|1910= 166
|1920= 242
|1930= 132
|1940= 135
|1950= 130
|1960= 103
|1970= 114
|1980= 114
|1990= 89
|2000= 99
|2010= 94
|2020= 100
|estyear=2021
|estimate=104
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</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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At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 99 people, 40 households, and 33 families living in the borough. The population density was {{convert|513.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 46 housing units at an average density of {{convert|238.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the borough was 100.00% White.<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>
Of the 40 households 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.5% were non-families. 15.0% of households were one person and 15.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.67.

The age distribution was 22.2% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.4 males.

The median household income was $30,000 and the median family income  was $38,750. Males had a median income of $26,563 versus $41,250 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $13,543. There were 14.7% of families and 15.2% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 9.1% of under eighteens and 53.8% of those over 64.

==References==
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{{Somerset County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Boroughs in Somerset County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1869]]
[[Category:1891 establishments in Pennsylvania]]