Editing Ebensburg, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
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The '''Borough of Ebensburg''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] and the [[county seat]] of [[Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712220218/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=July 12, 2012}}</ref> It is located {{convert|25|mi}} west of [[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona]] and surrounded by [[Cambria Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria Township]]. It is situated in the [[Allegheny Mountains]] at about {{convert|2140|ft}} above sea level. Ebensburg is located in a rich [[bituminous coal]] region. In the past, sawmills, tanneries, wool mills, and a foundry operated there. The number of residents in 1900 was 1,574, and in 1910, 1,978. The population was 3,351 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4222144 |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ebensburg borough, Pennsylvania |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder |access-date=March 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150312125340/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4222144 |archive-date=March 12, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is part of the [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

Ending in Ebensburg is the [[Ghost Town Trail]], a [[rail trail]] established in 1991 on the [[Right-of-way (property access)|right-of-way]] of the former [[Ebensburg and Black Lick Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indianacountyparks.org/trails/ghosttown_trail.aspx |title=Ghost Town Trail General Info |publisher=Indiana County Parks & Trails |access-date=December 10, 2020}}</ref> Also of note, next to the old [[Cambria County Jail]], is the [[Veterans Park of Cambria County]] honoring the men from Cambria County who fought in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], [[War of 1812]], [[Mexican–American War|Mexican-American War]], [[American Civil War|Civil War]], and the [[Spanish–American War|Spanish-American War]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2, 2019 |title=Ebensburg War Memorial |url=https://camgenpa.com/military/ewm/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 20, 2020 |website=The USGenWeb Project |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006110803/http://www.camgenpa.com/military/ewm/ |archive-date=October 6, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cambriamemory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ebensburg-Borough.pdf |title=VETERANS PARK OF CAMBRIA COUNTY |last=Penatzer |first=Daniel |website=Cambria Memory Project |publisher=Cambria Memory Project |date=June 10, 2018 |access-date=July 3, 2021}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Beulah cemetery.jpg|left|thumb|Beulah Cemetery west of Ebensburg.]]Ebensburg originated in November 1796, when [[Congregational church|Congregational]] minister Rees Lloyd led a small party of 20 [[Welsh people]] from [[Philadelphia]] to the lands that [[Morgan John Rhees]] had chosen for his colony. They selected an attractive spot in the tops of the Allegheny Mountains and settled what would become Ebensburg. They named it for the minister's son Eben Lloyd, who had died in childhood.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile for Ebensburg, Pennsylvania |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=13889 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701035713/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=13889 |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |access-date=June 12, 2010 |publisher=[[ePodunk]]}}</ref>

Lloyd offered land to the government in exchange for Ebensburg becoming the county seat, which the government accepted. A nearby settlement by the name of [[Beula, Pennsylvania]] had sprouted just to the West of town with its own intentions of becoming the county seat. With the decision made, Beula faded into obscurity. All that remains is its old cemetery.

Ebensburg was described in the 1940 [[American Guide Series|Pennsylvania guide]] as being:<ref>{{Cite book |title=Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State |last=Federal Writers' Project |date=1940 |publisher=Oxford University Press |edition=1st |page=393 |location=New York}}</ref>{{Blockquote
|text=[S]ituated on a rise with streets sloping from its center...founded in the early 1800s by the Reverend Rees Lloyd, a religious dissenter and leader of Welsh immigrants. Ebensburg was chosen as the county seat in 1805 when it was found to be at the geographical center of Cambria County. In 1842 it was still a rarity to have church services here conducted in English rather than the ancient [[Welsh language|Cambrian tongue]]. Once a popular resort, Ebensburg is now largely dependent on agriculture, though many residents work in neighboring mines.
|author=Federal Writers'Project|title="Part III: Tours  |source=''Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State'' (1940)
}}

According to the book ''Cambria County Pioneers'' (1910)'','' a General William Rudolph Smith, son of [[William Rudolph Smith]], and referred to as "Captain" by residents, lived in the town of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania in the 1840s. He raised a Company of men known as the Cambria Guards who would serve in the Mexican–American War, but Smith could not go.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Swank |first=James Moore |title=Cambria County Pioneers |publisher=Alan, Lane & Scott |year=1910 |location=Philadelphia |pages=87}}</ref> He was "universally accepted as an authority in literary matters and upon historical subjects particularly he was a veritable encyclopedia. His literary style was forcible, direct, and elegant."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Swank |first=James Moore |title=Cambria County Pioneers |publisher=Alan, Lane & Scott |year=1910 |location=Philadelphia |pages=89}}</ref>

The Company he raised would embark to the South in January 1847, becoming Company D of the Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, called the Highlanders, and had "a very pleasant trip" on their way to [[New Orleans]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Huber |first=Dave |title=Historic Ebensburg: The Pioneers |publisher=Mountaineer Herald |year=1996 |pages=82–128}}</ref> They did not see combat until August that year as [[smallpox]] put the company in quarantine. Shortly after their release, they saw heavy combat at [[Contreras, Province of Burgos|Contreras]], [[Churubusco]], and [[Chapultepec]]. Following this they were encamped at a Monastery until 1848 when they returned to Ebensburg.

Because of its location, Ebensburg became the crossroads of roads heading North and South, and East to West. Some of the highest traffic passed through here during the [[gold rush]] in the West of the late 1840s, and beyond.

Because of those travelers to the West, an apartment building situated on the corner of Phaney and East High Streets in town was known as "The California House." It operated for years as an inn and tavern, and housed thousands of travelers heading West to find their fortunes. A young local boy called William J. Wherry joined a caravan West. He wrote detailed accounts of his journey in the form of letters to his sister, and claimed to have crossed 600 miles of plains alone on his way to California.

But as transport evolved, the railroad became a popular and efficient mode of transportation. Railroads were popular in the nearby town of [[Cresson, Pennsylvania|Cresson]], but no main line of railroad ran through Ebensburg. But in 1862, a branch called the "Ebensburg Cresson Rail Road" was built into Ebensburg. Observers said that, although Ebensburg was "industrious and sophisticated in character", it was not going to be an industrial town given its location and geography.<ref name=":0" />

Ebensburg had some connections to the [[Underground Railroad]] before the war. [[Abraham Andrews Barker|Abraham A. Barker]] was involved in the national abolitionist movement before arriving in Ebensburg. He moved to town in 1856 to try to profit from its lucrative lumber industry.

Barker lived in a log structure on the North West corner of Locust and High streets. Prior to the Civil War, he assisted a slave brought to him from Bedford on his escape to freedom. The fugitive stayed in his house overnight, and was taken a few miles out of Ebensburg the next morning, hidden under a [[buffalo robe]] on a sled. According to many townsfolk, Barker was close friends with [[Abraham Lincoln]]. He had attended the Chicago Convention of 1860 to nominate Lincoln for the presidency. Barker was later elected to Congress.<ref name=":0" />

==Civil War==
During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], men from Ebensburg served in the [[133rd Pennsylvania Infantry|133rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry]] (particularly companies A, B and F).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/infantry/133rd/133dorg.html |title=133rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company C Muster Roll |website=pa-roots.com |access-date=March 14, 2016}}</ref> They fought in [[Peter H. Allabach|Allabach]]'s brigade ([[Andrew A. Humphreys|Humphreys']] 3rd Division) at Fredericksburg and [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]]. In the [[Battle of Fredericksburg]] on December 13, 1862, the 133rd participated in the final charge on [[Marye's Heights]], suffering heavy losses.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.civilwarindex.com/armypa/133rd_pa_infantry.html |title=Civil War Index - 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry |website=civilwarindex.com |access-date=March 14, 2016}}</ref> As well, Company A – known as the Cambria Guards – of the [[11th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment|11th Pennsylvania Reserves]] hailed from Ebensburg and surrounding towns in Cambria County. This company was about 80 men strong, and its captain was Robert Litzinger of Ebensburg. The 11th Pennsylvania Reserves saw action at the [[Battle of South Mountain]], [[Battle of Antietam|The Battle of Antietam]], and the [[Battle of Gettysburg]]. Particularly on the second day's fight at Gettysburg, the 11th participated in a counter-assault down the face of [[Little Round Top]] into [[Battle of Gettysburg, second day|The Wheatfield]] to drive out Confederates.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gibbs |first=Joseph |title=Three Years in the Bloody Eleventh: The Campaigns of a Pennsylvania Reserves Regiment}}</ref>

Two Ebensburg men received the Medal of Honor in the Civil War: [[Thomas Evans (Medal of Honor)|Thomas Evans]] of Company D, and [[James Snedden]] from Company E of the [[54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment|54th Pennsylvania]]. Evans "wrested the colors from a color bearer of a Tennessee regiment [sic], sending the color bearer to the rear."<ref>{{Cite book |title=Official Records of the War of Rebellion |year=1891 |pages=118–119}}</ref> Evans is buried at Bethel Cemetery in Ebensburg.

==Postwar prosperity==
In the years following the Civil War, Ebensburg flourished, and became a prosperous town. The wealthy built grand homes to flank the streets, their lavish carriages rolled down the roads, and local gentleman formed a debate club that met regularly in lounges in the town.

The mountain town, high in the Alleghenies, attracted [[Pittsburgh]] socialites who flocked here to escape the dirty, loud and sickly streets of the industrial city. Locals realized the town's allure; entrepreneurs wrote promotional pamphlets extolling the town's "many days of bright sunshine, its pure artesian well water, its health giving atmosphere, its splendid surroundings - absolutely free from smoke and dust... the town is remarkably free from the ills which plague so many localities."<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Huber |first=Dave |title=Historic Ebensburg |publisher=Mountaineer Herald |year=1997 |pages=3, 45, 83–85,142}}</ref> This promise of healthy life in the peaks of Ebensburg lured many who could afford so-called "summer cottages" -some were built to a scale akin to mansions. The first wave of tourism was housed in newly built, prominent hotels in grandiose [[Victorian architecture|Victorian style]] that had been developed across town.

The Maple Park Springs Hotel sat on a hill in the Northwest corner of town, on a tract of land known as "Lloyds Grove." Altoona musician [[J.W. Leman]] wrote the "Maple Park March Two-Step" for the hotel.<ref name=":0" /> Wealthier townspeople started building their own Victorian homes, and the socialites began to arrive with funds to claim their own slivers of mountain paradise.

Among the new buildings was [[Ormsby Lodge]], owned by the Phillips Family. Built in 1889 by [[Duncan Phillips (art collector)|Duncan Phillips]], a prominent art collector, the lodge was an 18-room [[Eastlake architecture|Eastlake]] style, Victorian "cottage" built on the former Belmont Tract of land. Artist [[Marjorie Acker Phillips]], wife of Duncan Phillips, typically summered with her family at the Ormsby estate.

Another summer cottage was the Bissel Home, which was designed by architect [[Stanford White]], who also designed [[Madison Square Garden (1890)|Madison Square Garden]].<ref name=":1" />

David Park of Pittsburgh bought the Maple Park Springs Hotel and built his own mansion in town. The ''[[Johnstown Democrat]]'' wrote of the town around this time "that delightful village" of Ebensburg "In many respects is more attractive than Cresson... and it may be truthfully added that its complement of pretty girls is alone enough to give it enviable fame."<ref name=":1" />

Residents and visitors' enjoyment was interrupted in 1889 when they heard news that the city of [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania|Johnstown]] to the south was [[Johnstown Flood|devastated by a deadly flood]] after an earthen dam had failed.

[[File:Ebensburg PENNA Fire 2.jpg|left|thumb|Fire damage in downtown Ebensburg from the 1915 fire.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/6525/ebensburg-pa-destructive-fire-throughout-town-feb-1915 |title=Ebensburg, PA Destructive Fire Throughout Town, Feb 1915 |last=Beitler |first=Sue |website=GenDisasters.com}}</ref>]]
[[File:Cambria County Courthouse late 19th Century.jpg|thumb|upright|The Cambria County Courthouse as seen from South Center Street in the late 19th century. Built in Victorian style, it features a clocktower, and a statue of Justice at its peak. ''Cambria County Historical Society'']]

In February 1915 most of downtown Ebensburg was burned down 
<blockquote>"by fire which broke out in the pool room of the Mountain House. Every building in the block from the Mountain House to the county court house was destroyed. The loss is estimated between $250,000 and $300,000. The court house was not damaged although the buildings adjoining were destroyed. Fire companies from many [[Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania|northern Cambria]] towns were summoned to assist the Ebensburg company. The Johnstown city fire department also went to the scene. The buildings destroyed include the fine building of the Cambria Savings and company, several hotels, a livery barn, a bank building and a number of small office buildings. The telephone communications were cut off. The buildings destroyed were thirteen in number. A cigarette dropped in the poolroom the night previous is believed to have started the fire."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/6525/ebensburg-pa-destructive-fire-throughout-town-feb-1915 |title=Ebensburg has Costly Fire |date=1915-02-24 |work=The Indiana Weekly Messenger}}</ref></blockquote>

According to ''The Indiana Progress'', "Several buildings were dynamited to prevent the spread of the flames."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/6525/ebensburg-pa-destructive-fire-throughout-town-feb-1915 |title=EBENSBURG HAS $250,000 FIRE. |date=February 24, 1915 |work=The Indiana Progress}}</ref> The lowest cost estimate of losses was $250,000; the equivalent in 2020 of $6,402,920.79.

Despite the fire, a number of historic homes and buildings survived. Townspeople recognized the value of these and defined an historic district, identifying which buildings were of quality that contributed to its fabric. In 2019 the significance of The Ebensburg Historic District was recognized when it was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. The District is bounded roughly by Highland Avenue and West, Sugar, and Triumph streets.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a|dateform=October 9, 2019|access-date=December 9, 2020|refnum=100004163|name=Ebensburg Historic District}}</ref><ref name="WJAC">{{Cite web |url=https://wjactv.com/news/local/ebensburg-added-to-national-register-of-historical-places |title=Ebensburg added to National Register of Historical Places |publisher=WJAC Staff |access-date=December 9, 2020}}</ref>

==Art==
[[Impressionist]] painter [[Marjorie Acker Phillips]], who had a summer home in Ebensburg known as the [[Ormsby Lodge]], is thought to have drawn inspiration from the nearby countryside for many of her paintings.<ref name=TWL>{{cite web |title=Collection |url=http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/HTML_Finding_Aids/col0632.htm |work=The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera |publisher=The Winterthur Library |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Miller>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Eric |title=The Country Home of Mega-Collector Duncan Phillips |url=http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/the-country-home-of-mega-collector-duncan-phillips/ |publisher=Urban Antiques |access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref>

==Education==
In the borough of Ebensburg, there are three public and two private schools. The two private schools are [[Bishop Carroll High School (Ebensburg, Pennsylvania)|Bishop Carroll High School]] and Holy Name Elementary. The public schools are Cambria High School, Central Cambria Middle School, and Cambria Elementary. The fourth school of the [[Central Cambria School District]] is located about {{convert|5|mi|km}} west of the borough, off [[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|Route 22]]. At the collegiate level, the [[Pennsylvania Highlands Community College|Pennsylvania Highland Community College]] has one of their satellite sites about {{Convert|2|mi|km}} southwest of the center of town, also off Route 22.

==Geography==
Ebensburg is located in the center of Cambria County at {{coord|40|29|11|N|78|43|32|W|type:city}} (40.486388, -78.725461).<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=April 23, 2011 |date=February 12, 2011 |title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

Three [[United States Numbered Highways|U.S. highways]] pass through and intersect around Ebensburg: [[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 22]] runs along the southern border of the borough, leading east {{convert|18|mi}} to [[Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania|Hollidaysburg]], south of Altoona, and west {{convert|72|mi}} to [[Pittsburgh]]. [[U.S. Route 219 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 219]] bypasses the borough to the west, with access from two exits (U.S. 22 and U.S. 422). US 219 leads north {{convert|58|mi}} to [[DuBois, Pennsylvania|DuBois]] and south {{convert|41|mi}} to [[Somerset, Pennsylvania|Somerset]]. Finally, the western portion of [[U.S. Route 422]] begins at US 219 on the west side of Ebensburg and leads west {{convert|26|mi}} to the borough of [[Indiana, Pennsylvania|Indiana]]. [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania|Johnstown]], the largest city in Cambria County, is {{Convert|22|mi}} to the southwest via US 219 and [[Pennsylvania Route 56]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough of Ebensburg has a total area of {{convert|4.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|4.3|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 2.13%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

===Climate===
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|location = Ebensburg, Pennsylvania (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1964–present)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 67
|Feb record high F = 75
|Mar record high F = 83
|Apr record high F = 89
|May record high F = 90
|Jun record high F = 92
|Jul record high F = 99
|Aug record high F = 94
|Sep record high F = 91
|Oct record high F = 85
|Nov record high F = 78
|Dec record high F = 71
|year record high F = 99
|Jan high F = 32.7
|Feb high F = 35.9
|Mar high F = 45.0
|Apr high F = 58.4
|May high F = 67.8
|Jun high F = 75.1
|Jul high F = 78.7
|Aug high F = 77.3
|Sep high F = 71.3
|Oct high F = 60.0
|Nov high F = 47.7
|Dec high F = 37.0
|year high F = 57.2
|Jan mean F = 24.3
|Feb mean F = 26.3
|Mar mean F = 34.3
|Apr mean F = 46.0
|May mean F = 55.7
|Jun mean F = 63.6
|Jul mean F = 67.5
|Aug mean F = 66.0
|Sep mean F = 59.7
|Oct mean F = 48.7
|Nov mean F = 38.1
|Dec mean F = 29.2
|year mean F = 46.6
|Jan low F = 15.9
|Feb low F = 16.8
|Mar low F = 23.6
|Apr low F = 33.5
|May low F = 43.6
|Jun low F = 52.1
|Jul low F = 56.3
|Aug low F = 54.7
|Sep low F = 48.1
|Oct low F = 37.5
|Nov low F = 28.4
|Dec low F = 21.5
|year low F = 36.0
|Jan record low F = −28
|Feb record low F = −22
|Mar record low F = -16
|Apr record low F = 3
|May record low F = 20
|Jun record low F = 28
|Jul record low F = 35
|Aug record low F = 30
|Sep record low F = 23
|Oct record low F = 12
|Nov record low F = 0
|Dec record low F = −20
|year record low F = -28
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|Jan precipitation inch = 3.85
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.21
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.98
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.35
|May precipitation inch = 4.64
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.43
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.79
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.02
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.21
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.55
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.63
|Dec precipitation inch = 4.02
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|Jul precipitation days = 13.3
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|Nov precipitation days = 13.8
|Dec precipitation days = 18.2
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|Oct snow days = 0.4
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}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1810= 75
|1820= 168
|1830= 270
|1840= 353
|1850= 600
|1860= 1002
|1870= 1240
|1880= 1123
|1890= 1202
|1900= 1574
|1910= 1978
|1920= 2179
|1930= 3063
|1940= 3719
|1950= 4086
|1960= 4111
|1970= 4318
|1980= 4096
|1990= 3872
|2000= 3091
|2010= 3351
|2020= 3404
|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 |access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |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 |access-date=December 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html |archive-date=June 11, 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=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010, there were 3,351 people and 1,612 households within the borough. The population density was {{convert|1,971.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,742 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,024.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial make-up of the borough was 98.27% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.48% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.69% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.12% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.01% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.36% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.48% of the population.

There were 1,612 households, out of which 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.3% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 19.2% under the age of 18, 1.9% from 18 to 19, 6.4% from 20 to 24, 12.9% from 25 to 34, 17.4% from 35 to 49, 21.7% from 50 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. The population was 46.55% male, and 53.45% female.

== Law and government ==

===Borough Officials===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Official !! Party
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Mayor || Randy Datsko || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Tax Collector || Charlene Remillard || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|- 
| Borough Manager || Kelly Cook ||

|}

====Council====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Official !! Party
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| President || Doug Tusing || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Vice President || Cecilia Houser || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Councilor || Dave Kuhar || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Councilor || Mike Murphy || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Councilor || Theresa Jacoby || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Councilor || Jeffrey Ball || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Councilor || Robert Miller || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

===State Senate===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! District !! Senator !! Party
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| [[Pennsylvania's 35th Senatorial District]] || [[Wayne Langerholc]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

===State House of Representatives===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! District !! Representative !! Party
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| [[Pennsylvania's 72nd Representative District|72]] || [[Frank Burns (Pennsylvania politician)|Frank Burns]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|}

== Notable buildings ==
* [[A.W. Buck House]]
* [[Cambria County Courthouse]]
* [[Cambria County Jail]]
* [[Ormsby Lodge]]
* [[Philip Noon House]]

==Notable people==
* [[Abraham Andrews Barker|Abraham A. Barker]], a congressman, abolitionist, and conductor on the [[Underground Railroad]].
* [[Alan Baylock]], jazz composer, band leader, chief arranger, US Air Force Airmen of Note<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alanbaylock.com/bio.htm |publisher=[[Gloria Douglas]] |access-date=April 5, 2020 |date=August 23, 2019 |title=Alanbaylock.com}}</ref>
* [[Jack Darragh (baseball)|Jack Darragh]] (1866–1939), baseball player
* [[Webster Davis]] (1861–1923), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri and [[Assistant Secretary of the Interior]]
* [[Ronald Duman]] (1954–2020), psychiatry professor and director of pharmacology
* [[Alvin Evans]] (1845–1906), congressman
* [[Bill Hartack]] (1932–2007), Hall of Fame jockey
* [[James Russell Leech]] (1888–1952), congressman
* [[Carol Scott]] (1949–2005), television producer and director
* [[Harriet B. Jones]] (1856–1943), physician and member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
* [[Harve Tibbott]] (1885–1969), congressman
* [[Samuel D. Pryce]] (1841–1923), Businessman, author, and Civil War officer
* [[William Thornton Pryce|William Pryce]] (1932–2006), U.S. Ambassador to Honduras

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ebensburgpa.com/ Ebensburg official website]

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