Editing Dushore, Pennsylvania

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'''Dushore''' is a [[List of municipalities in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania|borough]] in [[Sullivan County, Pennsylvania|Sullivan County]], [[Pennsylvania]],  United States. The population was 450 at the 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=August 6, 2022}}</ref> Dushore is home to Sullivan County's only [[traffic light]].

==History==
The first permanent settler in the Dushore area was General Cornwallace Jackson, who settled there in 1825. The community itself, however, was founded by and named for the French [[navy]] captain [[Aristide Aubert Dupetit-Thouars]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA111 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=111}}</ref> Dushore was incorporated from [[Cherry Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania|Cherry Township]] in 1859.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livingplaces.com/PA/Sullivan_County/Dushore_Borough.html|title = Dushore Borough, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania (PA)}}</ref> 
Until the incorporation Dushore was known as Jackson's Hollow, Mosier's Hollow and Headleyville.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dushore.com/history-of-dushore/|title = History of Dushore}}</ref> Dushore has always been known as the center of commerce, business and industry in Sullivan County.

==Geography==
Dushore is located at {{Coord|41|31|31|N|76|24|0|W|type:city}} (41.525227, -76.399924).<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|0.8|sqmi|km2|adj=on}}, of which {{convert|0.78|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} is land and 1.28% is water.

===Climate===
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| location    = Dushore, Pennsylvania (1991–2020)
<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =32.3
| Feb high F  =35.4
| Mar high F  =43.4
| Apr high F  =56.4
| May high F  =67.5
| Jun high F  =75.5
| Jul high F  =79.5
| Aug high F  =77.8
| Sep high F  =71.1
| Oct high F  =59.7
| Nov high F  =47.4
| Dec high F  =37.6
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =23.5
| Feb mean F  =25.4
| Mar mean F  =32.6
| Apr mean F  =44.3
| May mean F  =55.1
| Jun mean F  =63.9
| Jul mean F  =67.9
| Aug mean F  =66.2
| Sep mean F  =59.1
| Oct mean F  =48.2
| Nov mean F  =38.3
| Dec mean F  =29.2
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| Jan low F  =14.7
| Feb low F  =15.5
| Mar low F  =21.8
| Apr low F  =32.2
| May low F  =42.6
| Jun low F  =52.3
| Jul low F  =56.2
| Aug low F  =54.6
| Sep low F  =47.2
| Oct low F  =36.7
| Nov low F  =29.1
| Dec low F  =20.9
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| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =3.08
| Feb precipitation inch  =2.25
| Mar precipitation inch  =3.13
| Apr precipitation inch  =3.95
| May precipitation inch  =4.10
| Jun precipitation inch  =3.97
| Jul precipitation inch  =4.52
| Aug precipitation inch  =4.50
| Sep precipitation inch  =4.13
| Oct precipitation inch  =3.81
| Nov precipitation inch  =2.91
| Dec precipitation inch  =3.08
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| Jan snow inch  =10.6
| Feb snow inch  =10.6
| Mar snow inch  =6.9
| Apr snow inch  =2.0
| May snow inch  =0.1
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.7
| Nov snow inch  =2.5
| Dec snow inch  =8.0
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1860= 265
|1870= 376
|1880= 377
|1890= 783
|1900= 884
|1910= 813
|1920= 776
|1930= 715
|1940= 739
|1950= 759
|1960= 731
|1970= 718
|1980= 692
|1990= 738
|2000= 663
|2010= 608
|2020= 450
|estyear=2021
|estimate=452
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|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]] of 2010,<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2011-05-14 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 608 people, 341 households, and 134 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|779.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 408 housing units at an average density of {{convert|523.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% some other race, and 0.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.5% of the population.

There were 341 households, out of which 15.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 25.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 60.7% were non-families. 54.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 24.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.78 and the average family size was 2.71.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 15.1% under the age of 18, 60.7% from 18 to 64, and 24.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49.2 years.

The median income for a household in the borough was $26,635, and the median income for a family was $41,563. Males had a median income of $31,042 versus $21,125 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $17,448. About 9.0% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 17.1% of those age 65 or over.

*First settler was [[Aristide Aubert du Petit Thouars|Aristide du Petit Thouars]], in 1794; In 1960, the now, Dushore Community Park, was named Du Thouars Park. It was rededicated in the early 1990s and renamed.
*Hometown of [[NASCAR]] and [[Automobile Racing Club of America|ARCA]] driver [[L. W. Miller]].

==Media==

Dushore is home to four radio stations.  [[WGMF-FM]], 103.9 FM and WYSP, 88.1 FM are licensed to Dushore.  WPAL, 91.7 FM and WCIS-FM (yet to sign on air) are licensed to nearby [[Laporte, Pennsylvania|Laporte]] but are located on a tower near Dushore.

The Sullivan Review, a weekly newspaper, has been published in Dushore since 1878.

==References==
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{{Sullivan County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1794]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1859 establishments in Pennsylvania]]