Editing Commodore, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}
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| name        = Commodore Historic District
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'''Commodore''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Green Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 331 at the 2010 census.

==History==
Commodore was founded in 1919 by the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation, a subsidiary of the [[New York Central Railroad]]. It was named in honor of [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]], founder of that railroad. (Vanderbilt was known by the nickname or unofficial rank of Commodore due to his background as a riverboat owner.)

The town was created as a "model town", with a higher caliber of worker housing than other coal mining communities. Houses were constructed of concrete block, not wood. Also, the houses had toilets and the community had a sewer system, which were unusual in comparison to neighboring mining communities.<ref>{{cite book | last = Busovicki | first = John F. | title = Indiana County | publisher = Arcadia Publishing | year = 2003 | location = Charleston, South Carolina | pages = 90–91 | isbn = 0-7385-1181-1 }}</ref>

Streets were named after executives of the coal company: F.E. Herriman (President), John Fisher (Vice President), H.B. Douglas (Assistant to the President), A.J. Musser (General Manager), and H.J. Hinterleitner (General Superintendent). The town and its initial buildings were designed by Paul Gill, an engineer of the coal company.<ref name="arch">{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = December 5, 2011| archive-date = September 14, 2005| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050914194407/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H094510_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Commodore Historic District| access-date = 2011-12-04| author = R. Ann Safley| format = PDF| date = May 1994}}</ref>

The community was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as '''Commodore Historic District''' on August 26, 1994. The national [[Historic district (United States)|Historic district]] has 94 contributing buildings.<ref name = nris/>

==Geography==
Commodore is located at {{coord|40|42|38|N|78|56|45|W|region:US_type:city}} (40.710694, -78.945857).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|0.8|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 284
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</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">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 337 people, 126 households, and 102 families residing in the CDP. The [[population density]] was {{convert|438.7|pd/sqmi}}. There were 147 housing units at an average density of {{cvt|191.3|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.22% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.59% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.19% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.19% of the population.

There were 126 households, out of which 42.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 23.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.3% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 30.0% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 80.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $29,063, and the median income for a family was $31,000. Males had a median income of $23,281 versus $17,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $9,502. About 13.0% of families and 18.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.6% of those under age 18 and 19.6% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Indiana County, Pennsylvania}}
{{Pittsburgh Metro Area}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania}}

[[Category:Populated places established in 1919]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Indiana County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Indiana County, Pennsylvania]]