Editing Leetsdale, Pennsylvania

{{Short description|Borough in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Leetsdale, Pennsylvania
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|settlement_type          = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
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|image_caption            = [[Elmridge]], a historic site in the borough
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]] and the state of [[Pennsylvania]].

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|subdivision_name         = United States
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Pennsylvania]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny]]
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|leader_title             = Mayor
|leader_name              = Sandra Ford (D)
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|established_title        = Incorporated
|established_date         = March 28, 1904

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 1162
|population_density_sq_mi = 1163.16

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|postal_code              = 15056<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/15056|title=Leetsdale PA ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 27, 2023}}</ref>
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'''Leetsdale''' is a borough in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]], United States. Located along the [[Ohio River]], it is part of the [[Pittsburgh Metro Area]]. The population was 1,162 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Leetsdale+borough,+Pennsylvania | title=Explore Census Data }}</ref>

==History==
Leetsdale was incorporated on March 28, 1904. Leetsdale at one time had a formidable industrial manufacturing base, with a [[Bethlehem Steel]] mill that closed in the late 1970s. The site of the mill on the shore of the Ohio River is now the Leetsdale Industrial Park, or the Port of Leetsdale, and is home to facilities leased, by The Buncher Company, to a number of companies of varying sizes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Port of Leetsdale|url=http://www.port.pittsburgh.pa.us/index.aspx?page=74|publisher=Port of Pittsburgh Commission|access-date=December 28, 2016}}</ref> The Leetsdale Industrial Park was largely a [[brownfield]] until the 1990s. Today, only a few of the original buildings still stand. In 2022, [[CGI Steel]] and [[Nextracker]] renovated an abandoned steel factory to produce solar tracker equipment.<ref>{{cite web|title= Nextracker and BCI Steel renovate abandoned Pittsburgh steel factory to serve solar market|date= June 28, 2022|url= https://wtov9.com/newsletter-daily/nextracker-and-bci-steel-renovate-abandoned-pittsburgh-steel-factory-to-serve-solar-market|publisher= FOX WTOV9 |access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref>

Leetsdale is also home to [[Elmridge]], or the James Gardiner Coffin/John Walker house, which is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{NRISref|name=Elmridge|version=2009a|refnum=05000412|access-date=August 7, 2023}}</ref>

==Geography==
Leetsdale is located at {{coord|40|34|0|N|80|12|41|W|region:US_type:city}} (40.566667, −80.211274).<ref>{{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>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|1.1|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1.0|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi}}, or 13.91%, is water.

==Surrounding communities==
Leetsdale is bordered by [[Ambridge, Pennsylvania|Ambridge]] in [[Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Beaver County]] to the north, [[Leet Township, Pennsylvania|Leet Township]] to the northeast, and [[Edgeworth, Pennsylvania|Edgeworth]] to the southeast. The borough includes the former town of Shields. The [[Ohio River]] forms the southwest border of the borough; across the river is [[Crescent Township, Pennsylvania|Crescent Township]].

==Government and politics==
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential election results<ref>{{cite web|last1=EL|title=2012 Allegheny County election|url=http://triblive.com/politics/2907065-74/pittsburgh-ward-hills-west-borough-braddock-east-elizabeth-north-park|website=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|access-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=EL|title=2016 Pennsylvania general election...|url=http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/electionresultsgen2016/|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/PA/Allegheny/106267/web.264614/#/detail/0004 | title=Election Night Reporting }}</ref>
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third party (U.S. politics)|Third parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2020]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|''43%'' ''285''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|''55%'' ''366''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|''1%'' ''9''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2016]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|''46%'' ''279''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|''50%'' ''302''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|''4%'' ''28''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2012 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2012]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|''45%'' ''259''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|''54%'' ''311''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|''1%'' ''4''
|}

On November 18, 2021, [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] mayor Peter Poninsky, who had been mayor of the town for 19 years, lost his reelection bid to fellow Democrat Sandra Ford.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 1904
|1920= 2311
|1930= 2774
|1940= 2332
|1950= 2411
|1960= 2153
|1970= 1862
|1980= 1604
|1990= 1387
|2000= 1337
|2010= 1218
|2020= 1162
|footnote=Sources:<ref>{{cite web|title=Number and Distribution of Inhabitants:Pennsylvania-Tennessee|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch09.pdf|work=Fifteenth Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Pennsylvania|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/17216604v1p40ch02.pdf|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=November 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-40.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=November 22, 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>{{cite web|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=November 22, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019235623/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|archive-date=October 19, 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|access-date=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 1,232 people, 586 households, and 370 families residing in the borough. The [[population density]] was {{Convert|1246.0|PD/sqmi}}. There were 653 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|660.4|/sqmi}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial makeup]] of the borough was 89.20% White, 7.31% African American, 0.65% from other races, and 2.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.62% of the population.

There were 586 households, out of which 23.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.7% were married couples living together, 14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.8% were non-families. 38.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 21.3% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.6 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $28,672, and the median income for a family was $37,500. Males had a median income of $31,932 versus $25,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $19,172. About 9.6% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.1% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.

==See also==
*[[List of cities and towns along the Ohio River]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://leetsdaleboro.net/ Borough of Leetsdale official website]
{{Allegheny County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Pennsylvania populated places on the Ohio River]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1827]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1827 establishments in Pennsylvania]]