Editing Lincoln, Pennsylvania

{{Short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{about|the borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania}}
{{use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Lincoln, Pennsylvania
|official_name            = Borough of Lincoln
|settlement_type          = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
|image_skyline            = Wylie Run along Lovedale Road.jpg
|imagesize                = 250px
|image_caption            = Wylie Run and Lovedale Road
|image_flag               = 
|image_seal               = 
|image_map                = Allegheny County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Lincoln highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 260px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]] and the state of [[Pennsylvania]].
|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        = [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny]]
|government_type          = Mayor-Council
|leader_title             = Mayor
|leader_name              = James Beisler
|established_title        = Borough
|established_date         = February 6, 1958
|area_footnotes           = <ref>{{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|access-date=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
|area_total_sq_mi         = 5.01
|area_land_sq_mi          = 4.80
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.21
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 932
|population_density_sq_mi = 194.17
|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = EDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm |title="Find an Altitude/PA" Google Maps |access-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521043409/https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|elevation_ft             = 1122
|coordinates              = {{coord|40|17|27|N|79|51|5|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
|postal_code              = 15133, 15135, 15037
|area_code                = 
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS]] code
|blank_info               = 42-43408
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|website                  = {{URL|www.lincolnborough.com}}
|pop_est_as_of            = 
|population_est           = 
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_total_km2           = 12.99
|area_land_km2            = 12.43
|area_water_km2           = 0.55
|population_density_km2   = 74.97
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
}}
'''Lincoln''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 932 at the [[2020 United States census]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Lincoln+borough,+Allegheny+County,+Pennsylvania | title=Explore Census Data }}</ref>

Lincoln does not have its own [[United States Postal Service|post office]]. Three [[ZIP code]]s are used in the borough: 15133 for the northern portion of the borough adjacent to [[Liberty, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Liberty]]; 15135 for the eastern portion adjacent to the city of [[McKeesport, Pennsylvania|McKeesport]]; 15037 for the remainder of the borough, with mail addressed to [[Elizabeth, Pennsylvania|Elizabeth]].

==History==
The borough was named for [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a4NIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G24DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2443%2C2320121|title=Town names carry bit of history|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=May 10, 1984|access-date=October 31, 2015|author=Ackerman, Jan|page=1}}</ref> Lincoln was incorporated on February 6, 1958, before which it was Lincoln Township. The change in governmental structure came after a portion of the borough attempted to secede from Lincoln Township to annex with Liberty Borough.<ref>[http://lincolnboro.tripod.com/id14.html Tripod Inc.]</ref> [[Dead Man's Hollow]] is a 450-acre conservation area whose boundary lies within the borough.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alleghenylandtrust.org/green-space/dead-mans-hollow/|title=Dead Man's Hollow - Allegheny Land Trust}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Life For Dead Man's Hollow|last=Flannick|first=James|publisher=Pittsburgh Post Gazette|pages=LX–1, LX–2|date=March 17, 2017}}</ref>

==Geography and surrounding neighborhoods==
Lincoln is located at {{coord|40|17|27|N|79|51|5|W|region:US_type:city}} (40.291939, −79.851303).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bounded by [[Glassport, Pennsylvania|Glassport]] to the northwest, [[Liberty, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Liberty]] to the north, [[Versailles, Pennsylvania|Versailles]] to the northeast, [[Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Elizabeth Township]] and the [[Youghiogheny River]] to the east and south, and [[Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania|Jefferson Hills]], [[Clairton, Pennsylvania|Clairton]], and the [[Monongahela River]] to the west. The borough has a total area of {{convert|5.0|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|4.8|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi}}, or 4.57%, is water.

==Government and politics==
As of 2019, the mayor was James Beisler.<ref>[http://www.lincolnborough.com/informationresources.html Borough of Lincoln/Information & Resources (accessed May 29, 2019)]</ref>

{| 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><ref>{{Cite web |title=Elections {{!}} Election Results {{!}} 2008 General Election |url=https://www.alleghenycounty.us/elections/results/2008-general-results.aspx |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=www.alleghenycounty.us}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third party (U.S. politics)|Third parties]]
|-
| '''[[2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2020]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|''69%'' ''416''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|''29%'' ''175''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|''1%'' ''8''
|-
| '''[[2016 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2016]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|''71%'' ''375''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|''26%'' ''137''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|''2%'' ''13''
|-
| '''[[2012 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2012]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|''58%'' ''272''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|''41%'' ''194''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|''1%'' ''5''
|-
| '''[[2008 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2008]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|''52%'' ''269''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|''46%'' ''234''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|''2%'' ''11''
|}

==Education==
Lincoln is part of the [[South Allegheny School District]], along with Liberty, Glassport and [[Port Vue, Pennsylvania|Port Vue]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1940= 1015
|1950= 1467
|1960= 1686
|1970= 1885
|1980= 1428
|1990= 1187
|2000= 1218
|2010= 1072
|2020= 932
|footnote=Sources:<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=US 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=US Census Bureau|access-date=November 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=January 31, 2008|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=US 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>
}}

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], there were 1,218 people, 482 households, and 359 families in the borough. The [[population density]] was 254/sqmi (98.0/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 506 housing units at an average density of 105.5/sqmi (40.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial makeup]] of the borough was 98.77% White, 0.66% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.33% Asian, and 0.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.74% of the population.

There were 484 households, out of which 24.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.8% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.94.

The borough population contained 19.0% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $37,917, and the median income for a family was $43,333. Males had a median income of $35,852 versus $21,131 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $18,447. About 6.9% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.4% of those under age 18 and 14.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable person==
* [[Sylvia Williams]], museum director, scholar of African art

==References==
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{{Allegheny County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1782]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania populated places on the Monongahela River]]
[[Category:1782 establishments in Pennsylvania]]