Editing Midland, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''Midland''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] located along the [[Ohio River]] in western [[Beaver County, Pennsylvania]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 2,433.<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=July 19, 2022}}</ref> It is part of the [[Pittsburgh metropolitan area]]. Founded in 1906, it was initially a [[company town]] surrounding the [[Crucible Industries|Crucible Steel Company]]'s Midland Works.

==History==
[[File:Midland, Pennsylvania (8482033815).jpg|thumb|left|Downtown Midland]]
[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[petroglyphs]] exist in the area surrounding Midland, including on [[Babbs Island]], the [[Little Beaver Creek]], and [[Shippingport Bridge]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eastliverpoolhistoricalsociety.org/indianrocks.htm |publisher=East Liverpool Historical Society |access-date=January 10, 2022 |title=Indian Mounds & Petroglyphs }}</ref>

In 1905, [[Pittsburgh]] agent T. K. Miller purchased land on behalf of a group of industrialists who would form the Midland Steel Company and with it, the borough of Midland as a [[company town]] in 1906.<ref name="Times History">{{cite web|url=https://www.timesonline.com/story/lifestyle/around-town/2015/08/18/the-proud-story-midland-s/18529526007/ |title=The proud story of Midland's industrial might |author=Jeffrey Snedden |publisher=Beaver County Times |date=August 18, 2015 |access-date=September 24, 2022 }}</ref> Other companies would begin operations in the town as well. In 1911, Midland Steel Company sold its operations to the [[Crucible Industries|Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company]],<ref name="JL Steel">{{cite web|last1=Inman|first1=Donald|title=Jones & Laughlin Steel|url=http://reocities.com/Heartland/pointe/5230/history.html|website=ReoCities.com|publisher=Beaver County Industrial Museum, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania|access-date=August 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193614/http://reocities.com/Heartland/pointe/5230/history.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> a division of the larger Crucible Steel Company of America.<ref name="Times History" /> By the end of the First World War, Crucible employed 2,700 men.<ref name="Times History" />

The contraction of the [[History of the iron and steel industry in the United States|American steel industry]] in the 1960s and 1970s forced layoffs at the Crucible plant and a decline in the borough's population. During the 1980s, the [[American Iron and Steel Institute]] reported that more than 200,000 steelworkers in the U.S. had lost their jobs, and more than 400 mills and plant divisions were closing, including Crucible's Midland plant. [[Jones & Laughlin Steel]] bought the Midland plant and merged with [[Republic Steel]] to form the [[Ling-Temco-Vought|LTV Steel Corporation]], which went bankrupt in 2001, accelerating the decline of the borough's economy.<ref name="JL Steel" />

==Geography==
Midland is located in western Beaver County at {{coord|40|38|18|N|80|27|9|W|type:city}} (40.638273, −80.452455).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|5.2|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|4.7|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.5|km2|disp=flip}}, or 9.13%, is water.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200749184| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212162003/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200749184| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Midland borough, Beaver County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=February 24, 2014}}</ref>

[[Pennsylvania Route 68]] (Midland Avenue) is the main street through the community, leading east into Industry and west to [[Glasgow, Pennsylvania|Glasgow]] and the [[Ohio]] border. [[Pennsylvania Route 168]] joins PA-68 along Midland Avenue through the center of town but splits off to the south to cross the Ohio River via the [[Shippingport Bridge]], and climbs out of the river valley to the north via Fairview Road.

===Surrounding and adjacent neighborhoods===
Midland has two land borders, with [[Industry, Pennsylvania|Industry]] to the northeast and [[Ohioville, Pennsylvania|Ohioville]] to the northwest. Across the Ohio River to the southeast, Midland runs mostly adjacent with [[Greene Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Greene Township]] with a short alignment with [[Shippingport, Pennsylvania|Shippingport]] to the southwest.

==Demographics==
[[File:Midland, Pennsylvania (8482030779).jpg|thumb|left|St. George Serbian Orthodox Church]]
{{US Census population
|1910= 1244
|1920= 5452
|1930= 6007
|1940= 6373
|1950= 6491
|1960= 6425
|1970= 5271
|1980= 4310
|1990= 3321
|2000= 3137
|2010= 2635
|2020= 2433
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|estimate=2398
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|footnote=Sources:<ref>{{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=December 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref>{{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=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=June 11, 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>
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As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 3,137 people, 1,424 households, and 817 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|1,537.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,651 housing units at an average density of {{convert|809.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial makeup]] of the borough was 75.71% White, 20.85% African American, 0.45% Native American, 0.89% from other races, and 2.10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.70% of the population.

There were 1,424 households, out of which 24.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.1% were married couples living together, 18.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.6% were non-families. 38.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 23.2% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.6 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 76.7 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $23,117, and the median income for a family was $31,887. Males had a median income of $27,261 versus $20,078 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $17,066. About 17.3% of families and 20.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 39.9% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Midland is served by the [[Midland Borough School District]]. The current schools serving Midland include Midland Elementary/Middle School (grades K–8), [[Beaver Area High School]] (grades 9–12, part of the [[Beaver Area School District]]), and alternatively, [[Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School]] (grades 7–12) and Midland Innovation + Technology Charter School (grades 9-12). 

Lincoln Park is the only school serving grades 9 through 12 in the borough, despite being a [[charter school]] with admissions requirements. Until 1985, Lincoln High School operated within the borough. In 1985, the school board voted to close Lincoln Junior-Senior High School. With only 150 students in grades 7 through 12, they could no longer afford to operate the school. The district made two failed attempts to merge with neighboring [[Western Beaver County School District]], once in 1965, and again in 1985. First, the district entered into a 5-year tuition agreement with the [[Beaver Area School District]] from 1985 to 1990. In 1990, an agreement was reached to bus students 8 miles to [[East Liverpool High School]] in [[East Liverpool, Ohio]], where they attend 9th through 12th grades and graduate. These were the only Pennsylvania public school students attending a facility in another state.<ref>Midland Borough, Community History Midland Borough School District History, 2011</ref> In February 2015, East Liverpool notified the Midland Borough School Board of its intention to end the agreement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://triblive.com/news/beaver/7867391-74/midland-east-liverpool#axzz3SydCteiY |title=Ohio school district ends Midland contract |author=Bobby Kerlik |publisher=TribLive.com |date=February 28, 2015}}</ref> High school students once again attend [[Beaver Area High School]].

[[Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School]], an [[online school]], bases its operations out of Midland.

==Notable people==
* [[Ellis Cannon]], [[talk show]] host, television personality and publisher
* [[John Hardon]], [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[priest]], writer, teacher and [[theologian]]
* [[Simmie Hill]], [[American Basketball Association]] player
* [[Ralph Francis Scalera]], judge of the [[United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania]]
* [[Norm Van Lier]], [[NBA]] player and All-Star guard with the Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls, and Milwaukee Bucks
* [[Robert Zielinski]], [[American football]] [[End (American football)|end]]

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

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.ohioriverbrownfields.com/sample-page/midland/|title=Midland|publisher=Ohio River Brownfields Projects|date=November 2012}} Ohio River Brownfields Projects regeneration plan for Midland, Pennsylvania
*{{cite web|url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead&cc=ascead&rgn=main&view=text&didno=US-PPiU-ais200419|title='Hard Choices' Documentary Project Collection|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|last=Dettloff|first=Karen|date=June 2012}} Collection of films and documentation used in production of ''Hard Choices'', a 1987 documentary by Marion Lipschutz, Peggy Weiss, Daniel Kazimierski, and Terry Purinton that documents Midland after closure of its Crucible Specialty Steel plant in October 1982, University of Pittsburgh

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[[Category:Pittsburgh metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Beaver County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1906 establishments in Pennsylvania]]