Editing Middleport, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
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|established_title1 = Incorporated
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|area_code = [[Area code 570|570]]
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'''Middleport''' is a borough in [[Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania|Schuylkill County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 363 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=August 1, 2022}}</ref>

The town was named for being the mid-point of the sixteen-mile distance between [[Pottsville, Pennsylvania|Pottsville]] and [[Tamaqua, Pennsylvania|Tamaqua]].

==Geography==
Middleport is located at {{coord|40|43|39|N|76|5|8|W|type:city}} (40.727464, -76.085565).<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>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.4|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 421
|1870= 377
|1880= 230
|1890= 381
|1900= 540
|1910= 1100
|1920= 984
|1930= 1225
|1940= 1077
|1950= 942
|1960= 775
|1970= 609
|1980= 577
|1990= 520
|2000= 458
|2010= 405
|2020= 363
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|estimate=363
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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|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 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 458 people, 196 households, and 121 families living in the borough.

The population density was {{convert|1,065.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 245 housing units at an average density of {{convert|569.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the borough was 99.56% White, 0.22% Native American, 0.22% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.22% of the population.

Of the 196 households 25.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 47.4% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 34.2% of households were one person and 20.9% were one person aged sixty-five or older.

The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 3.04.

The age distribution was 22.1% under the age of eighteen, 6.3% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.2% from twenty-five to forty-four, 20.1% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 23.4% who were sixty-five or older. The median age was forty years.

For every one hundred females there were 94.9 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 93.0 males.

The median household income was $30,114 and the median family income  was $34,688. Males had a median income of $30,333 compared with that of $18,750 for females.

The per capita income for the borough was $13,931.

Roughly 10.3% of families and 9.5% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 12.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 12.2% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Borough Sign, Middleport PA.JPG|Borough sign
File:Union St, Middleport PA 01.JPG|Union Street ([[U.S. Route 209]])
File:War Memorial, Middleport PA 02.JPG|War Memorial Park
File:Post Office, Middleport PA.JPG|U.S. Post Office
File:Station 51 Fire Co, Middleport PA.JPG|Station 51, Citizen's Fire Company
File:St Joseph's Catholic Church, Middleport PA.JPG|St. Joseph's Polish National Catholic Church
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1829]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1829 establishments in Pennsylvania]]