Editing Mill Creek, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Mill Creek, Pennsylvania
|settlement_type = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
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|map_caption = Location of Mill Creek in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
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|pushpin_label = Mill<br>Creek
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|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon]]
|government_footnotes = 
|government_type = Borough Council
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Donovan A. Goss{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} ([[United States Republican Party|R]])
|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1848
|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = 1905
|unit_pref  = [[Imperial units|Imperial]]
|area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{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|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
|area_total_km2 = 0.84
|area_land_km2 = 0.78
|area_water_km2 = 0.06
|area_total_sq_mi = 0.33
|area_land_sq_mi = 0.30
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.03
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|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|population_total = 285
|population_density_km2 = 365.27
|population_density_sq_mi = 946.84
|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|coordinates  = {{coord|40|26|14|N|77|55|51|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft = 643
|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code = 17060
|area_code = [[Area code 814|814]]
|website = 
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 42-49552
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS feature ID]]
|blank1_info = 1215273<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1215273}}</ref>
|footnotes = '''Local phone exchanges:''' 641, 643, 644
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'''Mill Creek''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 328 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4249552| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Mill Creek borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 22, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213093145/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4249552| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
The borough of Mill Creek was named for [[Mill Creek (Juniata River tributary)|Mill Creek]], a tributary of the Juniata River, on which it is located. The creek was the main source of power for many of the mills in the settlement years of the 1700s, as well as during much of the nineteenth century.
[[File:USPO Mill Creek PA 17060.jpg |thumb|center|Post office]]

==Geography==
The borough of Mill Creek is located in east-central Huntingdon County on the northeastern side of the [[Juniata River]] where it is joined by Mill Creek. [[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 22]] passes through the borough, leading northwestward {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon]], the [[county seat]], and southeastward {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Mount Union, Pennsylvania|Mount Union]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 655]] (Big Valley Pike) leads northeastward from Mill Creek {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Belleville, Pennsylvania|Belleville]] in the [[Kishacoquillas Valley]].

Mill Creek borough is bordered to the northwest by [[Henderson Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Henderson Township]], to the southwest (across the Juniata) by [[Union Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Union Township]], and to the east by [[Brady Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Brady Township]]. All three of the neighboring townships are in Huntingdon County.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.84|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.78|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.06|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 7.65%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 288
|1910= 308
|1920= 286
|1930= 334
|1940= 362
|1950= 417
|1960= 400
|1970= 421
|1980= 367
|1990= 392
|2000= 351
|2010= 328
|2020= 285
|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|accessdate=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=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|accessdate=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=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 351 people, 126 households, and 98 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|945.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 139 housing units at an average density of {{convert|374.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.15% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.28% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], and 0.57% from two or more races.

There were 126 households, out of which 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.2% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 30.2% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $28,571, and the median income for a family was $30,833. Males had a median income of $26,250 versus $18,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $11,177. About 17.7% of families and 19.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 32.4% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
===Vocational/technical education===
*[[Huntingdon County Career and Technology Center]] (11893 Technology Drive)
*[[Huntingdon County Career and Technology Center: Annex Building]] (Practical Nursing Program; 13221 Big Valley Pike)

===Public education===
*Brady Henderson-Mill Creek Elementary School (closed 2012; formerly at 12045 Technology Drive)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.millcreekfire.com/ Mill Creek Volunteer Fire Department]
* [http://www.city-data.com/city/Mill-Creek-Pennsylvania.html Mill Creek, Pennsylvania (PA) Detailed Profile]
* [http://millcreekpa.neocities.org/ Community Website]

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1848]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]]