Editing Linesville, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                   = Linesville, Pennsylvania
| settlement_type        = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
| image_skyline          = US 6 eb in Linesville, PA (3), June 2024.jpg
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| image_caption          = West Erie Street ([[US 6 (PA)|US 6]]) in downtown Linesville
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| nickname               = Where the Ducks Walk on the Fish
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| image_map              = File:Crawford County Pennsylvania Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Linesville Highlighted.svg
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| map_caption            = Location of Linesville in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
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| pushpin_map_caption    = Location of Linesville in Pennsylvania
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| subdivision_type       = Country
| subdivision_name       = United States
| subdivision_type1      = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Pennsylvania]]
| subdivision_type2      = County
| subdivision_name2      = [[Crawford County, Pennsylvania|Crawford]]
| established_title      = Founded
| established_date       = 1824
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| seat                   = 
| leader_party           = 
| leader_title           = Mayor
| leader_name            = Christopher Seeley (D)
| unit_pref              = Imperial
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| area_total_km2         = 2.01
| area_land_km2          = 2.01
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| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="LCTopozone">{{cite web |title=Linesville Creek Topo Map, Crawford County PA (Linesville Area) |url=https://www.topozone.com/pennsylvania/crawford-pa/stream/linesville-creek/ |website=TopoZone |publisher=Locality, LLC |access-date=2 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 
| elevation_ft            = 1,050
| elevation_point         = middle of borough
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| elevation_max_m         = 
| elevation_max_ft        = 1,117
| elevation_max_point     = northeast corner of borough
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| elevation_min_m         = 
| elevation_min_ft        = 1,008
| elevation_min_point     = [[Pymatuning Lake]]
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| population_total       = 961
| population_as_of       = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_density_km2 = 479.72
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| timezone1              = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset1            = -4
| timezone1_DST          = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset1_DST        = -5
|postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 16424<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/16424|title=Linesville PA ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 27, 2023}}</ref>
| area_code_type         = 
| area_code              = [[Area code 814|814]]
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| website                = 
|pop_est_as_of = 2022
|pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022">{{cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022 |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 24, 2023}}</ref>
|population_est = 947
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 42-43656
|area_total_sq_mi = 0.77
|area_land_sq_mi = 0.77
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_density_sq_mi = 1242.89
}}

'''Linesville''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Crawford County, Pennsylvania|Crawford County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 961 at the 2020 census,<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/> down from 987 at the 2019 census.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census Geography Profile|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4243656|access-date=2021-05-11|website=Census.org}}</ref> The town derives its name from its founders, who included William Line (the grandson of a [[Swiss people|Swiss]] immigrant), who migrated from [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]], ''circa'' the early 1820s,<ref>Warner Beers and Company (Ed.) (1886). ''History of Cumberland and Adams counties, Pennsylvania''. Chicago: Warner Beers & Company. Page 462</ref> and his relative, Amos Line, who was the town's surveyor and main proprietor.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=14323 |title=Linesville, Pennsylvania Borough Information |location=US-PA |publisher=ePodunk |access-date=2013-04-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraber/linesvillehist.htm |title=Linesville History |publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com |date=2002-09-01 |access-date=2013-04-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022075443/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraber/linesvillehist.htm |archive-date=2012-10-22 }}</ref> Amos Line "penetrated the western Pennsylvania wilderness as a member of the Pennsylvania Population Company in the early 1800s."<ref name="rt6"/>

==History==
[[File:Linesville PA United Presby PHS325.jpg|thumb|right|Presbyterian Church on an old postcard]]
According to the town's history, Linesville was settled by Amos Line,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pa-files.biofiles.us/Erie1884.Spfld.htm |title=Biofiles.us |publisher=Pa-files.biofiles.us |access-date=2013-04-06}}</ref> who was born in [[Scotch Plains, New Jersey]]. "Line established a mill at the site in 1820. The village was laid out in 1825. It was first known as Line's Mills, but the name was changed to [[Lanesville Railroad Station|Linesville Station]] in 1864. It was not known as Linesville until 1883. It was incorporated from [[Pine Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania|Pine Township]] on March 22, 1862.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraber/linesville.htm |title=Linesville |publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com |date=2012-12-04 |access-date=2013-04-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022091000/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fraber/linesville.htm |archive-date=2012-10-22 }}</ref>

==Geography==
Linesville is located in western Crawford County at {{coord|41|39|23|N|80|25|28|W|type:city}} (41.656489, -80.424430).<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> It is surrounded by [[Pine Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania|Pine Township]], a separate municipality.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|2.0|km2|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web|title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Linesville borough, Pennsylvania|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4243656|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213083603/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4243656|archive-date=February 13, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2015|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref> The borough is located just north of the northeast end of [[Pymatuning Reservoir]].

[[U.S. Route 6 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 6]] passes through the center of Linesville, leading east {{convert|17|mi}} to [[Meadville, Pennsylvania|Meadville]], the Crawford County seat, and northwest then south {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Andover, Ohio]]. South Mercer Street provides a shorter route to Andover ({{convert|10|mi|0}}), leading south across the Linesville Spillway of Pymatuning Lake to [[Pennsylvania Route 285]].

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Linesville, Pennsylvania (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1940–present)
|single line = Y
|width = auto
|Jan record high F = 67
|Feb record high F = 73
|Mar record high F = 82
|Apr record high F = 87
|May record high F = 92
|Jun record high F = 98
|Jul record high F = 101
|Aug record high F = 99
|Sep record high F = 99
|Oct record high F = 86
|Nov record high F = 79
|Dec record high F = 69
|year record high F = 101
|Jan high F = 31.9
|Feb high F = 34.4
|Mar high F = 43.1
|Apr high F = 56.8
|May high F = 68.2
|Jun high F = 76.7
|Jul high F = 80.5
|Aug high F = 79.1
|Sep high F = 73.0
|Oct high F = 60.4
|Nov high F = 47.8
|Dec high F = 37.0
|year high F = 57.4
|Jan mean F = 24.4
|Feb mean F = 25.6
|Mar mean F = 34.0
|Apr mean F = 46.4
|May mean F = 57.7
|Jun mean F = 66.7
|Jul mean F = 70.7
|Aug mean F = 69.2
|Sep mean F = 62.8
|Oct mean F = 51.2
|Nov mean F = 40.2
|Dec mean F = 30.6
|year mean F = 48.3
|Jan low F = 17.0
|Feb low F = 16.8
|Mar low F = 25.0
|Apr low F = 36.0
|May low F = 47.3
|Jun low F = 56.7
|Jul low F = 60.8
|Aug low F = 59.3
|Sep low F = 52.6
|Oct low F = 41.9
|Nov low F = 32.5
|Dec low F = 24.2
|year low F = 39.2
|Jan record low F = −28
|Feb record low F = −27
|Mar record low F = -21
|Apr record low F = 8
|May record low F = 16
|Jun record low F = 26
|Jul record low F = 34
|Aug record low F = 31
|Sep record low F = 21
|Oct record low F = 16
|Nov record low F = 5
|Dec record low F = −21
|year record low F = -28
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.91
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.02
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.67
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.62
|May precipitation inch = 3.82
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.74
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.45
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.62
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.10
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.73
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.18
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.17
|year precipitation inch = 42.03
|Jan snow inch = 20.2
|Feb snow inch = 11.6
|Mar snow inch = 8.9
|Apr snow inch = 2.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 3.9
|Dec snow inch = 17.4
|year snow inch = 64.0
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 17.8
|Feb precipitation days = 14.1
|Mar precipitation days = 13.6
|Apr precipitation days = 13.9
|May precipitation days = 13.5
|Jun precipitation days = 13.5
|Jul precipitation days = 12.2
|Aug precipitation days = 11.3
|Sep precipitation days = 11.2
|Oct precipitation days = 14.5
|Nov precipitation days = 14.2
|Dec precipitation days = 16.8
|year precipitation days = 166.6
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 8.9
|Feb snow days = 6.4
|Mar snow days = 3.9
|Apr snow days = 1.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 2.1
|Dec snow days = 6.8
|year snow days = 29.1
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name = NOAA >
{{cite web
| url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=cle
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = August 7, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00365050&format=pdf
| title = Station: Linesville 1 S, PA
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = August 7, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1870= 434
|1880= 550
|1890= 552
|1900= 661
|1910= 833
|1920= 1015
|1930= 963
|1940= 1150
|1950= 1246
|1960= 1255
|1970= 1265
|1980= 1198
|1990= 1166
|2000= 1155
|2010= 1040
|2020= 961
|estyear=2022
|estimate=947
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/>
|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>{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=17 July 2019|language=en }}</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>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,155 people, 470 households, and 306 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|1,510.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 501 housing units at an average density of {{convert|655.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 97.23% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.69% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.69% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.26% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.13% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.69% of the population.

There were 470 households, out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 28.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $30,938, and the median income for a family was $34,038. Males had a median income of $31,296 versus $21,719 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $15,534. About 9.4% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 20.8% of those under age 18 and 12.4% of those age 65 or over.

Linesville is within the Conneaut School District and is home to the district's administration offices, along with the Conneaut Area Senior High School and the Alice Shafer Annex.

==Points of interest==
There are several points of interest throughout the town, chiefly [[Pymatuning State Park (Pennsylvania)|Pymatuning Lake]] and the Linesville Spillway. In warm weather, the [[spillway]] on the sanctuary (eastern) side is home to thousands of oversized [[carp]], attracted by the bread thrown into the water by visitors; this is known as "[[Pymatuning State Park (Pennsylvania)#Pymatuning Lake|The Place Where the Ducks Walk on the Fish]]", coined by local businessman Alpine Maclaine. The spillway is locally billed as "Pennsylvania's second most popular tourist attraction, after the Liberty Bell", and the logo of the Linesville Volunteer Fire Department used to be a duck standing on the back of a fish.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}

Pymatuning Lake is one of the largest man-made lakes in Pennsylvania.<!--The lake is smaller than the Allegheny Reservoir, and neither lake is entirely within Pennsylvania.--> It was created in the 1930s as a Depression-era [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] (CCC) project. Linesville is also home to the [[University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh's]] [[Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology]].

Linesville is the birthplace of noteworthy traveler Winfield Line (Amos Line's great-great-grandson) who, in 1922-23 with his brother Francis, hiked/hitchhiked through every state in the Union. This pair of brothers later wrote a book entitled ''Foot by Foot Through the USA, A High Adventure Odyssey to Every State in the Union'', which chronicled their journey.<ref name=rt6>{{Cite web |url=http://www.envisionlinesville.org/Route6/Documents/USRt6_MuseumVC_MasterPlan_FINALrev02.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-02-10 |archive-date=2008-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515073325/http://www.envisionlinesville.org/Route6/Documents/USRt6_MuseumVC_MasterPlan_FINALrev02.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Another minor point of interest is at the main intersection of the town (at its sole traffic light). On the Maclaine Building at the northwest corner is a sign reading "CHICAGO: 500 miles NEW YORK: 500 miles" (the true midpoint between the two is actually about a mile west).<ref>{{cite book |title=Pennsylvania Curiosities |last=DeLeon |first=Clark |year=2004 |publisher=Globe Pequot |isbn=0-7627-3039-0 |page=229 }}</ref>

At one time, Linesville was the onion capital of the United States, distributing its fragrant produce via the Erie & Pittsburgh Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.<ref name=rt6/>

Linesville made national news in November 2005 when 18-year-old Christopher Seeley was elected mayor, one of the youngest mayors to serve in a U.S. city to date.

==References==
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