Editing Landisburg, Pennsylvania

{{Short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Redirect|Landisburg|the community in West Virginia|Landisburg, West Virginia}}
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'''Landisburg''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Perry County, Pennsylvania|Perry County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 220 at the 2010 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=12 July 2022}}</ref> It is part of the [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]–[[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]] [[Harrisburg metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
Landisburg was [[plat]]ted in 1793.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jordan|first=John Woolf|title=A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RYVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA223|year=1913|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|page=223}}</ref> The community was named for its founder, James Landis.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA180 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Printing Office]] | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=180}}</ref>

The [[Dunbar-Creigh House]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1980.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Landisburg is located at {{coord|40|20|32|N|77|18|25|W|type:city}} (40.342339, -77.307038).<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|0.1|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1850= 416
|1860= 363
|1870= 369
|1880= 336
|1890= 318
|1900= 300
|1910= 252
|1920= 185
|1930= 236
|1940= 266
|1950= 279
|1960= 285
|1970= 269
|1980= 227
|1990= 178
|2000= 195
|2010= 218
|2020= 220
|estyear=2021
|estimate=222
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|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]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 195 people, 78 households, and 59 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|1,991.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 89 housing units at an average density of {{convert|909.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 97.95% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.51% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.51% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.03% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.03% of the population.

There were 78 households, out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.2 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $31,563, and the median income for a family was $36,750. Males had a median income of $31,786 versus $22,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $15,379. About 6.8% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 18.2% of those 65 or over.

==  Notable people ==
* [[John F. Beard]], Wisconsin legislator, farmer and plasterer, was born in Landisburg
* [[Mark Keller (politician)|Mark Keller]], Pennsylvania legislator, lives in Landisburg
* [[John Alexander Magee]], Pennsylvania newspaperman, printer and congressman; born in Landisburg
* [[Jesse Miller (politician)|Jesse Miller]], Pennsylvania sheriff, legislator and congressman, born near Landisburg
* [[William Henry Miller (legislator)|William Henry Miller]], Pennsylvania congressman, lawyer and journalist; son of Jesse; born in Landisburg

==References==
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{{Perry County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1793]]
[[Category:Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Perry County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1831 establishments in Pennsylvania]]