Editing Hollsopple, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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|other_name = Benson
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset]]
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|leader_title1 = Mayor
|leader_name1 = Michael Burkett
|leader_title2 = Council President
|leader_name2 = Harold Burkett 
|leader_title3 = Council Vice President
|leader_name3 = Tim Hutzell
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1880
|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = November 15, 1892
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|population_total = 187
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|timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|postal_code = 15935
|area_code = [[Area code 814|814]]
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'''Benson''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset County]], [[Pennsylvania]],  United States. The town is more commonly known to locals as '''Hollsopple''', which is also the [[United States Postal Service]] name for the town, zip code 15935.  The population was 185 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=July 24, 2022}}</ref> It is part of the [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. Benson is served by  the Conemaugh Township Area School District.

The community was named after one Charles Hollsopple, the original owner of the town site.<ref>{{cite book|last=Espenshade|first=Abraham Howry|title=Pennsylvania Place Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012934249&view=1up&seq=303|year=1925|publisher=Evangelical Press|isbn=978-0-8063-0416-8|page=299}}</ref>

==Geography==
Benson is located at {{coord|40|12|02|N|78|55|40|W|type:city}} (40.2006, -78.9279),<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> about 34 miles southwest of [[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona]] and approximately 60 miles [[east-southeast]] of [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.3|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.  Benson sits on the east bank of the [[Stonycreek River]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1900= 249
|1910= 387
|1920= 365
|1930= 451
|1940= 408
|1950= 377
|1960= 350
|1970= 297
|1980= 308
|1990= 277
|2000= 194
|2010= 191
|2020= 185
|estyear=2021
|estimate=183
|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|access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2" /><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=11 December 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=11 June 2013}}</ref><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 194 people, 76 households, and 52 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|623.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 83 housing units at an average density of {{convert|266.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 100.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]].

There were 76 households, out of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 108.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.9 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $35,000, and the median income for a family was $45,000. Males had a median income of $30,208 versus $16,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $14,232. About 11.1% of families and 14.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 27.3% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070629104432/http://www.ctasd.org/education/district/district.php?sectionid=1 Conemaugh Township Area School District]

{{Somerset County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Boroughs in Somerset County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1880]]
[[Category:1880 establishments in Pennsylvania]]