Editing Dunmore, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''Dunmore''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania]], United States, adjoining [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]. It is part of [[Northeastern Pennsylvania]] and was settled in 1835 and incorporated in 1862. Extensive [[anthracite|anthracite coal]], brick, stone, and silk interests had led to a rapid increase in the population from 8,315 in 1890 to 23,086 in 1940. The population was 14,042 in the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

== History ==
Dunmore was settled in 1835, and incorporated in 1862.<ref name=dunmore>{{cite web |url=http://dunmorepa.gov/ |title=Home page|website=Burough of Dunmore |publisher=Dunmore Burough |access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref>

The first European to set foot on Dunmore soil was [[Nicolaus Zinzendorf|Count Zinzendorf]] of [[Saxony]], in 1742, as a missionary to the native people<ref name="O'Hora1937">{{cite book |last1=O'Hora |first1=Margaret M. |title=History of Dunmore |date=1937 |publisher=Dunmore Improvement Assoc. |location=Dunmore, PA |page=8 |url=http://content.lackawannadigitalarchives.org/cdm/ref/collection/Centennial/id/680 |access-date=18 November 2018 |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512104058/http://content.lackawannadigitalarchives.org/cdm/ref/collection/Centennial/id/680 |url-status=dead }}</ref> who were Munsee-speaking [[Lenape|Delawares]].

The territory now encompassing Dunmore was purchased from the natives in 1754 by the Susquehanna Company of Connecticut and became the township of Providence. The first settlers of the Dunmore area arrived in 1771 and were originally from Connecticut (see [[Pennamite–Yankee War]]). William Allsworth established an inn here in 1783. In the summer of 1795, Charles Dolph, John Carey, and John West began the labor of clearing and plowing lands in the neighborhood of "Bucktown" or "Corners", as this area was called. Edward Lunnon, Isaac Dolph, James Brown, Philip Swartz and Levi De Puy, purchased land here between 1799–1805.<ref name="O'Hora1937" />

Stephen Tripp, in 1820, began the area's first business, erecting a saw and grist mill on the Roaring Brook half a mile south of the village. That same year, the Drinker Turnpike Company opened a store at the Corners. Shortly after Joseph Tanner opened the first blacksmith shop. C.W. Potter opened the first merchandising house in the village in 1845.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Hora |first1=Margaret M. |title=History of Dunmore |date=1937 |publisher=Dunmore Improvement Assoc. |location=Dunmore, PA |page=11 |url=http://content.lackawannadigitalarchives.org/cdm/ref/collection/Centennial/id/680 |access-date=18 November 2018 |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512104058/http://content.lackawannadigitalarchives.org/cdm/ref/collection/Centennial/id/680 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The village, consisting of but four houses, had a negative existence until the Pennsylvania Coal Company, in 1847–1848, turned it into a growing and diverse town.<ref>{{cite book|last1=O'Hora|first1=Margaret M.|title=History of Dunmore Pennsylvania|date=1937|publisher=Dunmore Improvement Association|location=Dunmore, PA|pages=7–9|url=http://content.lackawannadigitalarchives.org/cdm/ref/collection/Centennial/id/680|access-date=22 April 2017|archive-date=12 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512104058/http://content.lackawannadigitalarchives.org/cdm/ref/collection/Centennial/id/680|url-status=dead}}</ref>

By 1875, the township of Providence was dissolved and the land split up into various smaller boroughs and towns with Dunmore being one of them. Today, Dunmore is a borough bordering the city of Scranton.

The name Dunmore comes from Dunmore Park, in the [[Falkirk (council area)|Falkirk]] area of Scotland (home of the [[Dunmore Pineapple]]).

[[Golo Footwear]] had its original manufacturing and design facilities in Dunmore until 1957.

==Geography==
Dunmore is located at {{coord|41|25|3|N|75|37|28|W|type:city}} (41.417530, −75.624432).<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|newspaper=Census.gov}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|8.9|sqmi|km2}}  is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}}  (1.11%) is water.

[[Roaring Brook (Lackawanna River)|Roaring Brook]] flows from the southeast and turns west through the Nay Aug Gorge in Dunmore to the [[Lackawanna River]] in Scranton. Most of the borough is drained by Roaring Brook, except for an area in the west drained by Meadow Brook into the Lackawanna River. The southeastern side of the borough is on the slopes of the [[Moosic Mountains]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=O'Hora|first1=Margaret M.|title=History of Dunmore Pennsylvania|date=1937|publisher=Dunmore Improvement Association|location=Dunmore, PA|page=5|url=http://content.lackawannadigitalarchives.org/cdm/ref/collection/Centennial/id/680|access-date=22 April 2017|archive-date=12 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512104058/http://content.lackawannadigitalarchives.org/cdm/ref/collection/Centennial/id/680|url-status=dead}}</ref> which the gorge cuts through.

The [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad|Lackawanna Railroad]] operated through the Nay Aug Gorge into Scranton from the Poconos and Northern New Jersey.

{{Geographic Location (8-way)
|Centre = Dunmore
|North = [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]/[[Throop, Pennsylvania|Throop]]
|Northeast = [[Throop, Pennsylvania|Throop]]
|East = [[Throop, Pennsylvania|Throop]]/[[Roaring Brook Township, Pennsylvania|Roaring Brook Township]]
|Southeast = [[Roaring Brook Township, Pennsylvania|Roaring Brook Township]]
|South = [[Roaring Brook Township, Pennsylvania|Roaring Brook Township]]
|Southwest = [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]
|West = [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]
|Northwest = [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 4311
|1880= 5151
|1890= 8315
|1900= 12583
|1910= 17615
|1920= 20250
|1930= 22627
|1940= 23086
|1950= 20305
|1960= 18917
|1970= 18168
|1980= 16781
|1990= 15403
|2000= 14018
|2010= 14057
|2020= 14042
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Pennsylvania|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/17216604v1p40ch02.pdf|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-40.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref><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><ref name="CensusPopEst">{{cite web|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019235623/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|archive-date=19 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</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>
}}
As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 14,057 people, 5,999 households, and 3,388 families residing in the borough.<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2011-05-14 |title=U.S. Census website }}{{full citation needed|date=October 2015}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|1,579.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,530 housing units at an average density of {{convert|733.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 95.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.05% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.8% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.3% of the population.

There were 5,999 households, out of which 22% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.5% were non-families. 37.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.93.

The ages of the population were 17.9% under the age of 18, 62.1% from 18 to 64, and 20% 65 years or older. The median age was 42.1 years.

The median income for a household in the borough was $33,280, and the median income for a family was $43,354. Males had a median income of $32,855 versus $24,167 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $19,851. About 6.7% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.1% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
[[Gertrude Hawk Chocolates]], founded in 1936, is based in Dunmore.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Us HomeAbout Us The History of Gertrude Hawk Chocolates The History of Gertrude Hawk Chocolates |url=https://www.gertrudehawkchocolates.com/about-us |website=Gertrude Hawk Chocolates |access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref>

The Keystone Industrial Park is also located in Dunmore.<ref name=dunmore />

==Environmental issues==
Keystone Sanitary Landfill, the largest landfill in the state of Pennsylvania has been located in Dunmore since 1973,<ref>[http://www.friendsoflackawanna.org/history-of-ksl A timeline of events] Friends of Lackawanna.org, undated, retrieved 8 October 2015</ref> about 450 feet from the Dunmore Reservoir #1, a backup drinking water supply. In 1987, it extended to [[Throop, Pennsylvania]].<ref>[http://www.ethicsrulings.state.pa.us/WebLink8/0/doc/34723/Page33.aspx 1045 Sharon Soltis-Sparano]{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission, page 33 of 39, 20 February 1997</ref> The landfill was built over mines known for ground [[subsidence]]. As of 2015 the landfill accepts over 7,200 tons of trash per day.<ref>[http://www.friendsoflackawanna.org/thefacts/ The facts] Friends of Lackawanna.org, undated, retrieved 8 October 2015</ref> More than a third of its in-state waste since 2009 is from fracking [[drill cuttings]], drilling mud and fluids. Cuttings are mixed with small amounts of naturally occurring radioactive elements, particularly [[radium-226]].<ref>[http://timesleader.com/archive/154358 Keystone landfill now allowed to receive waste drilling fluid.] Times Leader, 9 June 2015</ref> The landfill has been leaking into ground water per its Phase 3 permit application. Run-off is discharged into Eddy's Creek and the Lackawanna River.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kohut |first=Joe |date=2024-04-01 |title=Keystone Sanitary Landfill must pay penalty for bad odors, DEP says |url=https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/keystone-santiary-landfill-department-of-enviornmental-protection-dunmore-throop-penalty-odor-leachage-smell/523-7010e96e-ab70-432d-885c-825cd68d487a |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=WNEP |language=en-US}}</ref>

In November 2014, the Dunmore borough council approved a $15.63 million agreement for Keystone as a basis for an extension, and a definition of the landfill as a “pre-existing landfill” to ensure Keystone a more favorable interpretation of the borough's zoning ordinance against public opinion.<ref>Brendan Gibbons [http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/dunmore-approves-keystone-landfill-agreement-1.1793005 Dunmore approves Keystone landfill agreement], The Scranton Times-Tribune,  November 25, 2014.</ref>

On September 20, 2018, Pennsylvania DEP issued a Notice of Violation to Keystone for storing leachate in excess of 25% of its total leachate storage capacity on a regular basis since October 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Rachel |title=Notice of Violation |url=http://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/dunmorepa/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/28151419/KSL-Notice-of-Violation.pdf |publisher=Pennsylvania DEP |access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
===Education===
====Public schools====
Dunmore has one public school district, [[Dunmore School District]],<!--UNI 07980--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42069_lackawanna/DC20SD_C42069.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42069_lackawanna/DC20SD_C42069.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lackawanna County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2024-11-01}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42069_lackawanna/DC20SD_C42069_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> with three sections that are based on age: Dunmore Elementary Center, Dunmore Middle School and [[Dunmore High School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dunmoreschooldistrict.net/curriculum |title=Curriculum - Dunmore School District |website=Dunmore School District |access-date=17 November 2018}}</ref> The principal of the Elementary Center is Matthew Quinn, the principal of the High School is Timothy Hopkins, and the Superintendent of Schools is John Marichak.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dunmoreschooldistrict.net/district/district_administrators|title = District Administrators}}</ref>

====Parochial schools====
Dunmore has two Roman Catholic schools, under the administration of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton|Diocese of Scranton]]: Saint Mary's of Mount Carmel Elementary School (PK-8),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smmcdunmore.org/ |website=Saint Mary o Mount Carmel Elementary School |access-date=17 November 2018|title=Saint Mary of Mount Carmel School }}</ref> led by principal Mary Elizabeth Shattin ,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.smmcdunmore.org/copy-of-our-mission |title = Faculty & Staff &#124; Saint Mary of Mount Carmel School}}</ref> and [[Holy Cross High School (Pennsylvania)|Holy Cross High School]]. The current principal of Holy Cross High School is Benjamin Tolerico, their vice-principal is Cathy Chiumento and their dean of students is Kandy Taylor. They also have a school chaplain, Rev. Cyril Edwards.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://hchspa.org/contact-us-%7C-directory |title = A Roman Catholic, private high school located in Dunmore, Pennsylvania}}</ref>

====Post-secondary schools====
[[Marywood University]] is located in Dunmore.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dunmore,+PA/@41.4335228,-75.6352978,1210m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c4dbec5f708421:0xbb2af769c1558be9!8m2!3d41.4198027!4d-75.6324112 |website=Google Maps |access-date=17 November 2018|title=Dunmore }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Campus Safety: Parking Map |url=http://www.marywood.edu/campus-safety/parking/parking.html |website=Marywood University |access-date=17 November 2018 |archive-date=November 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117233359/http://www.marywood.edu/campus-safety/parking/parking.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses#List of Commonwealth campuses|Penn State Scranton]] is located in Dunmore.

===Transportation===
The western terminus of [[Interstate 84 (Pennsylvania–Massachusetts)|Interstate 84]] is in Dunmore. I-84/[[Interstate 380 (Pennsylvania)|I-380]] follows the Nay Aug Gorge westward towards the [[spaghetti junction]] interchange with [[Interstate 81]] and [[U.S. Route 6]]. I-81 also has an interchange with [[Pennsylvania Route 347|347]] in Dunmore.

==Notable people==
* [[Mehmood Ali]] (1932–2004), actor, "India's Comedy King", died in Dunmore
* Sister [[Mary Adrian Barrett]], I.H.M. (1929–2015), Catholic social worker and educator
* [[Christopher F. Burne]], [[U.S. Air Force]] [[brigadier general]]
* [[Clare Horan Cawley]] (1874–1921), pianist
* [[Nestor Chylak]] (1922–1982), [[Major League Baseball]] umpire
* [[Vic Delmore]] (1917–1960), [[Major League Baseball]] umpire
* [[Carol Ann Drazba]] (1943–1966), first American nurse to die in the Vietnam War
* [[Vic Fangio]], defensive coordinator of the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] in the [[National Football League]]
* [[Eugene A. Garvey]] (1845–1920), bishop of Altoona
* [[Joseph Kopacz]] (born 1950), Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi
*[[Ruth Earnshaw Lo]] (1910-2006), professor and writer, based in China 1937 to 1977
* [[Jeanne Marrazzo]], microbiologist, director of the [[University of Alabama School of Medicine]] Division of Infectious Diseases
* [[Joe Mooney (groundskeeper)|Joe Mooney]], Major League Baseball groundskeeper for more than three decades; [[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame]] member
* [[John Willard Raught]] (1857–1931), landscape artist
* [[Paul W. Richards]], [[astronaut]] who flew on Mission [[STS-102]] on board the [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']]
* [[John Francis Ropek]] (1917–2009), oceanographer for the first under-ice polar expedition of {{USS|Nautilus|SSN-571}}
* [[Tim Ruddy]], center for NFL's [[Miami Dolphins]] from 1994–2003; for most of career was center of [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] quarterback [[Dan Marino]]
* [[Beverly Tyler]] (1927-2005), actress and singer
* [[Junior Walsh]] (1919–1990), professional baseball player for [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]

==Gallery==
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Dunmore, Pennsylvania.jpg|Drinker Street in Dunmore
Dunmore PA Muni building and Fire station.jpg|Dunmore fire station
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Jefferson Center Dunmore]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{wikivoyage-inline|Dunmore}}
* {{Official|www.dunmoreborough.org}}

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