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{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}} {{For|the Pittsburgh neighborhood and former borough |Knoxville (Pittsburgh)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Knoxville, Pennsylvania |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]] |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Mill in Knoxville, PA.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = The former Purina Mill and feed store on the western edge of Knoxville, January 2008 |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = File:Tioga County Pennsylvania Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Knoxville Highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250x200px |map_caption = Location of Knoxville in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Pennsylvania#USA |pushpin_label = Knoxville |pushpin_label_position = left <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_name = [[United States]] |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Tioga]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Settled |established_date = 1835 |established_title2 = Incorporated (borough) |established_date2 = 1851 <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='42'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 1.61 |area_land_km2 = 1.61 |area_water_km2 = 0.00 |area_total_sq_mi = 0.62 |area_land_sq_mi = 0.62 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]] |population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/> |population_note = |population_total = 680 |population_density_km2 = 423.26 |population_density_sq_mi = 1096.77 |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|41|57|25|N|77|26|14|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 1240 <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 16928 |area_code = [[Area code 814|814]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 42-40360 |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_est = }} '''Knoxville''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in northwestern [[Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Tioga County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 682 at the time of 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=16 July 2022}}</ref> ==History== The land on which the town of Knoxville, Pennsylvania would be created was situated in [[Deerfield Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania]]. The town was laid out and settled in 1835, and was officially incorporated as a borough in May 1851.<ref>"[http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/IncorporationDatesForMunicipalities/pdfs/tioga.pdf?catid=59#:~:text=Tioga%20County-,Created%20March%2026%2C%201804%20from%20part%20of%20Lycoming%20County%20and,borough%20on%20March%206%2C%201830. Tioga County]" (summary of the county's history with a listing of town settling and incorporation dates). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, October 24, 2011, retrieved online February 8, 2023.</ref> In 1899, the borough had four churches: Deerfield Baptist, First Methodist, Union Church, and a Presbyterian church. Among the businesses operating that year were bakeries, barbershops, a bicycle store, multiple blacksmith operations, a book and stationary store, bootmakers and shoemakers, a brick, lime and cement manufacturer, a bridge builder, a building mover, multiple independent carpenters, a carpet weaver and carpet sellers, two carriage, sleigh and wagonmakers, a clothing store, two coal dealers, a confectioner, two crockery stores, nine dressmakers, one drug store, two dry goods stores, two express agents, three furniture stores, two general merchandise stores, one grain dealer, one grist mill, three grocers, two hardware stores, two harnessmakers, three hotels, three insurance agents, two jewelers, a laundry, two lawyers, one livestock breeder and one poultry retailer, one livery, sale and horse boarding stable, one marble and granite plant, one mason, one music teacher, one newspaper, one nickel plating operation, one optician, four painters and paper hangers, two paint and oil artists, four physicians, two plumbers, one printer, two produce dealers, two railroad agents, one restaurant, one roofer, one sash door and blind retailer, one sawmill, two sewing machine retailers, one stove and tinware retailer, one surveyor, one telegraph agent, eight tobacco growers, two undertakers, and one wallpaper hanger.<ref>Hanford, George. ''[https://digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/collection/digitalbks2/id/12367/rec/5 Directory of Tioga County, Pa. with map, 1899]''. Elmira, New York: George Hanford, 1899.</ref> ==Geography== Knoxville is located at {{Coord|41|57|26|N|77|26|19|W|type:city}} (41.957247, -77.438498).<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|0.5|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land. {{US Census population |align=right |1860= 313 |1870= 400 |1880= 459 |1890= 679 |1900= 862 |1910= 840 |1920= 696 |1930= 608 |1940= 664 |1950= 656 |1960= 694 |1970= 698 |1980= 650 |1990= 589 |2000= 617 |2010= 629 |2020= 682 |estyear=2021 |estimate=677 |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> }} ==Demographics== As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 617 people, 242 households, and 166 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|1,348.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 273 housing units at an average density of {{convert|596.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.68% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 0.16% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.32% of the population. There were 242 households, out of which 28.9% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 52.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.00. In the borough the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of eighteen, 9.2% from eighteen to twenty-four, 24.3% from twenty-five to forty-four, 21.9% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 19.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-six years. For every one hundred females there were 100.3 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 92.1 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $30,000, and the median income for a family was $37,188. Males had a median income of $29,196 compared with that of $19,375 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $15,605. Roughly 5.6% of families and 8.9% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 10.2% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 6.9% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} ==See also== {{stack|{{portal|Pennsylvania}}}} * [[List of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania]] ==References== {{reflist|22em}} ==External links== *[https://www.facebook.com/people/Knoxville-Borough-Tioga-County-PA/100064520447056/?sk=about Borough of Knoxville, Pennsylvania] (official Facebook page) {{commons category-inline|Knoxville, Pennsylvania}} {{Tioga County, Pennsylvania}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Populated places established in 1835]] [[Category:Boroughs in Tioga County, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Boroughs in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:1835 establishments in Pennsylvania]]
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