Editing Irvona, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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|official_name = Irvona, Pennsylvania
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|population_total = 549
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|area_code = [[Area code 814|814]]
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'''Irvona''' is a borough in [[Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Clearfield County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 549 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 7, 2022}}</ref>

==History==
The borough of Irvona was named in honor of [[Edward A. Irvin]], a Union Army lieutenant colonel and member of the Pennsylvania Senate. The town was incorporated on September 2, 1890.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.library.pasen.gov/people/member-biography?ID=4804 |title=Edward Anderson "E.A." Irvin |website=Pennsylvania Senate |access-date=2024-12-17}}</ref>

==Geography==
Irvona is located in southern Clearfield County at {{coord|40|46|25|N|78|33|9|W|type:city}} (40.773516, -78.552552),<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> along [[Clearfield Creek]], a tributary of the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 53]] passes through the borough, leading south {{convert|2|mi|0}} to [[Coalport, Pennsylvania|Coalport]] and northeast {{convert|4|mi|0}} to [[Glen Hope, Pennsylvania|Glen Hope]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Irvona has a total area of {{convert|2.46|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|2.41|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.05|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 2.12%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4237192| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Irvona borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=May 4, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213042104/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4237192| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1900= 723
|1910= 800
|1920= 1157
|1930= 1213
|1940= 1049
|1950= 915
|1960= 781
|1970= 714
|1980= 644
|1990= 666
|2000= 680
|2010= 647
|2020= 549
|estyear=2021
|estimate=546
|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">{{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=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="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" /> of 2000, there were 680 people, 241 households, and 182 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|1,069.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 258 housing units at an average density of {{convert|405.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.41% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], and 0.59% from two or more races.

There were 241 households, out of which 38.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the borough, the population was spread out, with 29.6% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $32,500, and the median income for a family was $39,000. Males had a median income of $26,250 versus $21,719 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $11,785. About 12.4% of families and 15.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 20.2% of those under age 18 and 16.7% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Clearfield County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1890]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania]]