Editing Montoursville, Pennsylvania

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'''Montoursville''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania]]. The [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] reported its population as 4,745.<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=16 July 2022}}</ref> It forms part of the [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The [[Williamsport Regional Airport]] is in Montoursville.

Developed on the east bank of [[Loyalsock Creek]] near the former native village of [[Loyalsock Creek#Village of Otstonwakin|Otstonwakin]], the borough is named for [[Andrew Montour]], the French/Native American and son of Madame Montour, a Native American interpreter and negotiator who served the British colonial government in New York and Pennsylvania during the early eighteenth century. She led the native village. Her son also became influential as an interpreter and negotiator, serving colonial governments in Pennsylvania and Virginia, including during the [[French and Indian War]].

==History==
Otstawonkin was a native village located at the mouth of Loyalsock Creek on the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]]. The [[Great Shamokin Path]] ran along the west bank of the river, where late 20th century archeology has shown the village was mostly located.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/23549296?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Hirsch, Alison Duncan. "'The Celebrated Madame Montour': Interpretess across Early American Frontiers"], ''Explorations in Early American Culture'' 4 (2000): 81–112 {{subscription required|via JSTOR}}</ref> During the 1730s and 1740s, it became an important stopping point for [[Moravian Church|Moravian]] [[missionaries]] who preached in frontier Pennsylvania. For example, [[Count Zinzendorf]], a missionary guided by [[Conrad Weiser]] with the permission of Oneida chief [[Shikellamy]], came to Otstonwakin in 1742.

[[Madame Montour]] is believed to have been of Algonkin-French ancestry, born in Quebec. In one account, she told a colonist in the 1740s that she had been taken captive in an Iroquois raid and adopted into an Iroquois family. (Her given name may have been Catherine, Elisabeth/Isabelle, or Madeleine.)<ref>Hirsch, Alison Duncan. "'The Celebrated Madame Montour': Interpretess across Early American Frontiers." ''Explorations in Early American Culture'' 4 (2000): 81–112</ref> Speaking French and English, as well as Algonquian and Iroquoian languages, she became highly influential in New York, and acted as Governor [[Robert Hunter (governor)|Robert Hunter]]'s personal interpreter.

She and her [[Oneida people|Oneida]] husband Carondawana settled in Pennsylvania by 1727, moving south from New York; he had been appointed by the Shawnee in this part of Pennsylvania as their representative to the provincial council. A war chief, Carondawana was killed in 1729 in a southern raid against the [[Catawba people]]. Madame Montour continued to have influence as a friend of the British, representing the Iroquois and other native peoples of the area.<ref name="history">{{cite book | last = Meginness | first = John Franklin | title = History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: including its aboriginal history; the colonial and revolutionary periods; early settlement and subsequent growth; organization and civil administration; the legal and medical professions; internal improvement; past and present history of Williamsport; manufacturing and lumber interests; religious, educational, and social development; geology and agriculture; military record; sketches of boroughs, townships, and villages; portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, etc. etc. | year = 1892 | url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/lyco-history-01.html | access-date = 2007-05-02 | edition = 1st
 | publisher = Brown, Runk & Co. | location = Chicago | isbn = 0-7884-0428-8 | chapter = Chapter 29: Borough of Montoursville
 | chapter-url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/Chapter-29.html | quote = (Note: ISBN refers to Heritage Books July 1996 reprint. URL is to a scan of the 1892 version with some [[Optical Character Recognition|OCR]] typos).}}</ref> She was hospitable to the white men who were beginning to migrate into the West Branch Susquehanna River Valley. She had a great amount of influence with the various Indian tribes in the area, who were feeling the pressure of colonial expansion.

Believed to have been born in [[Trois-Rivières]], Quebec, Madame Montour grew up in the province of New York, where she served as an interpreter to the British. Because of her numerous native ties, she was very influential. The British colonial government was known to be sometimes laggardly in paying her for her services, making her wait one time a year for payment.<ref name="sun">{{cite web | url = http://www.newsofyesteryear.com/archives/245 | title = 'Madam' Catherine Montour | access-date = 2012-02-15 | author = Robin Van Auken | publisher = [[Williamsport Sun Gazette]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120428040539/http://www.newsofyesteryear.com/archives/245 | archive-date = 2012-04-28 | url-status = dead }}</ref> 
[[Image:Montoursville Millstone.JPG|thumb|left|Millstone from early native settlement, engraved "Otstonwakin, 1768, Montour Preserve"]]
Madame Montour is believed to have had three children, but different kinship terms has caused confusion among historians as to the status of some. Louis (Lewis), may have been a son or nephew, named for her brother, Louis Couc Montour. He served as an interpreter during the [[French and Indian War]], when he was killed.<ref name="picture">{{cite book | others = The Lycoming County Unit of the Pennsylvania Writers Project of the [[Work Projects Administration]] | title = A Picture of Lycoming County | year = 1939 | url = http://www.libraries.psu.edu/do/digitalbookshelf/2799521/ | format = PDF | access-date = 2007-05-02 | edition = First | publisher = The Commissioners of Lycoming County Pennsylvania | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090421035231/http://www.libraries.psu.edu/do/digitalbookshelf/2799521/ | archive-date = 2009-04-21 }}</ref> Her daughter (or niece), Margaret, later to be known as "French Margaret," became a leader of "French Margaret's Town" at the mouth of [[Lycoming Creek]], a few miles up the West Branch Susquehanna River from Montoursville.

Her surviving son [[Andrew Montour|Andrew]], took over leadership of Otstonwakin in the 1740s. Growing up in a polyglot world, he displayed his mother's gift for languages, speaking French, English, [[Lenape language|Lenape]], [[Shawnee language|Shawnee]] and the [[Iroquoian languages]]. Comfortable with both Native Americans and Europeans, he made a good living as an interpreter for local tribes and settlers. In 1742 when [[Count Zinzendorf]] met Montour, he described him as looking "decidedly European, and had his face not been encircled with a broad band of paint we would have thought he was one."

Montour also served as an interpreter with [[Conrad Weiser]] and Chief Shikellamy. He was granted {{convert|880|acre|km2}} of land by the [[Province of Pennsylvania]] in the Montoursville area. He later was appointed as a captain in [[George Washington]]'s Army at [[Fort Necessity]] during the [[French and Indian War]]. Andrew Montour left Montoursville at some point and moved to [[Juniata County, Pennsylvania|Juniata County]] with his mother before finally settling on [[Neville Township, Pennsylvania|Mountour's Island]] in the [[Allegheny River]] near [[Pittsburgh]]. She died in that area in 1753.

===Federal period and later===
Permanent European-American settlement of this site did not take place until after the American Revolutionary War.<ref name="history"/> John Burrows gained credit as the founder of Montoursville because he sold lots to other settlers, as well as achieving political power and wealth.<ref name="King"/> He was born near [[Rahway, New Jersey|Rahway]], [[New Jersey]]. In his youth Burrows carried mail by horseback between [[New York, New York|New York]] and [[Philadelphia]]. He also served as a [[courier]] for General [[George Washington]] during the [[American Revolution]] for fourteen months. Following the war, Burrows migrated to [[Muncy, Pennsylvania]] and worked in the [[distilling]] business for several years.

He built up capital to make an invest in land near the mouth of Loyalsock Creek, which was developed as Montoursville. He bought {{convert|570|acre|km2}} in 1812. Burrows divided his land into lots in 1820 and sold them for $50.00 each.<ref name="King"/> In Lycoming County government,  Burrows served as a [[justice of the peace]] before being elected [[county commissioner]] in 1802, and to the [[Pennsylvania State Senate]] in 1808.

The first buyers of lots in Montoursville settled according to [[ethnicity]]. The [[Germans]] settled in the eastern end in a neighborhood called [[Coffee]]town, while the [[English Americans|English]] settled in a western neighborhood known as [[Tea]]town. In addition to selling the lots in Montoursville, Burrows operated a highly successful [[farm]]. He sent his produce by [[raft]] down the [[Susquehanna River]] to [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]], where he was able to turn a profit. Burrows built the first [[gristmill]] in the town. He continued to sell lots up until his death in 1837.

His son Nathaniel Burrows was also a businessman. He opened the first [[general store]] in the town. He received the contract for construction of the [[Pennsylvania Canal (West Branch Division)|West Branch Canal]] in this section of Lycoming County. Nathaniel Burrows influenced the routing of the canal so that it ran closer to the town and his businesses. Montoursville was incorporated as a borough on February 19, 1850.<ref name="history"/>

John Else came as a child with his family to the Montoursville area in 1807 from [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]], [[Pennsylvania]]. His family farmed along Mill Creek in what is now [[Mill Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Mill Creek Township]]. As a young man, John Else worked to build the first permanent [[bridge]] over [[Loyalsock Creek]] in 1815. He made numerous improvements in the community.<ref name="King">{{cite web |url = http://www.montoursville.k12.pa.us/MASD/MontHistory/narrative/narrative1.htm | title = Narrative: Montoursville's history presented by chapter | access-date = 2007-05-02 | author = Don King | publisher = Christopher Garneau |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061209070021/http://montoursville.k12.pa.us/MASD/MontHistory/narrative/narrative1.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-12-09}}</ref> Else built many structures in Montoursville, working with his father on the first permanent house.

===Indian Park===
Indian Park is located on the north-western side of Montoursville; [[Interstate 180 (Pennsylvania)|Interstate 180]]/[[U.S. Route 220 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 220]] run parallel to it. In the 21st century, the large recreational park has several miles of hiking and biking trails, numerous [[softball]] fields, [[picnic]] areas and [[pavilion]]s, and fishing ponds.

Indian Park was a developed as an amusement park in the late 19th century. Known as a [[trolley park]], it could be reached by public transportation. Visitors from [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]] would board the [[Tram|trolley]] in downtown and ride to Indian Park to spend a day of recreation along the banks of Loyalsock Creek.<ref name="King"/> The park had one of the largest and longest [[wooden roller coaster|roller coasters]] on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]]. The park also featured more than {{convert|20|acre|m2}} of ponds, a theater, and a [[merry-go-round]]. The amusement park was closed in 1924 due in large part to the seasonal costs of reconstruction of infrastructure following the annual floods on Loyalsock Creek. In addition, people's increasing use of automobiles meant they traveled to other destinations for pleasure.

===TWA Flight 800===
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[[File:Montoursville Flight 800 Memorial.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|The [[TWA Flight 800]] memorial]]
Montoursville was disproportionately affected by the explosion of TWA Flight 800 on July 17, 1996, off [[East Moriches, New York]], as 21 of the 230 passengers were Montoursville-area residents.  The sixteen Montoursville High School students and their five chaperones were on a school-sponsored trip to France as part of a [[student exchange]] program.<ref name="ntsb abstract">{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2000/aar0003.pdf|title=National Transportation Safety Board: TWA Flight 800 Report (Retrieved on 2007-05-02)|access-date=2007-07-29}}</ref>

Montoursville received condolences from around the world, including [[Japan]], [[Australia]], and [[Belgium]]. Governor [[Tom Ridge]] attended a vigil at the school with his wife.<ref name="digital collegian article">{{cite web|url=http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_891f6018-918b-5291-9769-b30f6091cbc1.html |title=Montoursville mourns loss of 21 killed in crash (Digital Collegian Archives, July 19, 1996) | access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref> Ridge also attended a memorial service, which was also attended by [[New York City]] mayor [[Rudy Giuliani]] and Pennsylvania senator [[Rick Santorum]].<ref name="New York Times article">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E5DE1730F93BA2575BC0A960958260&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes+Topics%2FPeople%2FR%2FRidge%2C+Tom|title=Giuliani Shares Montoursville's Sorrow (New York Times, August 18, 1996)| access-date=2007-07-29 | work=The New York Times | first=Nick | last=Ravo | date=1996-08-18}}</ref><ref name="philadelphia inquirer article">{{cite news|url=http://articles.philly.com/1996-08-18/news/25644950_1_victims-of-twa-flight-rance-hettler-montoursville-mayor-john-dorin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919023739/http://articles.philly.com/1996-08-18/news/25644950_1_victims-of-twa-flight-rance-hettler-montoursville-mayor-john-dorin |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 19, 2015 | title=A Special Gathering In Memory Of Montoursville's Lost Ones | access-date=2013-05-22 | work=The Philadelphia Inquirer | first=William | last=Macklin | date=1996-08-18}}</ref> Condolences were also sent by President [[Bill Clinton]], the U.S. softball team at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta Olympics]], and [[François Bujon de l'Estang]], French [[ambassador]] to the United States (1995–2002).

A [[memorial]] was erected on the grounds of Montoursville High School composed of a [[statue]] of an [[angel]] sculpted by [[James Barnhill (artist)|James Barnhill]] of [[Asheville, North Carolina]] on a base engraved with the names of the 21 local victims and a brief recounting of events. The memorial stands in a circular grove of 21 trees, one for each person lost. The angel was chosen because onlookers thought a cloud seen above the high school on July 21, 1996, resembled an angel, with 21 small clouds at its feet. Randolph Hudson of [[State College, Pennsylvania|State College]] was chosen as the memorial designer and Beth Hershberger served as landscape designer.

The five chaperones were Debbie Dickey, a French teacher of the Montoursville Area High School; Doug Dickey, her husband; Carol Fry, former school board member; Judith Rupert, high school secretary; and Eleanor Wolfson (mother of student Wendy Wolfson).
  
The 16 students were Jessica Aikey, Daniel Baszczewski, Michelle Bohlin, Jordan Bower, Monica Cox, Claire Gallagher, Julia Grimm, Rance Hettler, Amanda Karschner, Jody Loudenslager, Cheryl Nibert, Kimberly Rogers, Larissa Uzupis, Jacqueline Watson, Monica Weaver, and Wendy Wolfson.

==Geography==
Montoursville is bounded by the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]] and [[Armstrong Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Armstrong Township]] to the south. [[Loyalsock Creek]] forms the northern and western border with [[Loyalsock Township, Pennsylvania|Loyalsock Township]]. [[Fairfield Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Fairfield Township]] borders the borough to the north and east.<ref>{{cite map
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}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[As the crow flies]], Lycoming County is about {{convert|130|mi|km|0}} northwest of [[Philadelphia]] and {{convert|165|mi|km|0}} east-northeast of [[Pittsburgh]].

Montoursville is located at {{coord|41|15|10|N|76|54|56|W|type:city}} (41.252729, -76.915507).<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|U.S. Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of 4.2&nbsp;square miles (10.8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 4.0&nbsp;square miles (10.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.1&nbsp;square mile (0.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) 3.12% is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 228
|1860= 369
|1870= 1048
|1880= 1193
|1890= 1278
|1900= 1665
|1910= 1904
|1920= 1949
|1930= 2710
|1940= 3019
|1950= 3293
|1960= 5211
|1970= 5985
|1980= 5403
|1990= 4983
|2000= 4777
|2010= 4615
|2020= 4745
|estyear=2021
|estimate=4715
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|footnote=Sources:<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="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=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 4,777 people, 2,067 households, and 1,393 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|1,181.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,169 housing units at an average density of {{convert|536.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.02% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.10% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.06% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.33% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.06% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.42% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.42% of the population.

There were 2,067 households, out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 29.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 23.4% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 22.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $37,484, and the median income for a family was $44,583. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $24,449 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $19,648. About 2.4% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
[[Montoursville Area School District]] consists of:
* Loyalsock Valley Elementary School
* Lyter Elementary School
* C.E. McCall Middle School
* Montoursville Area High School

==Notable people==
* [[Blaise Alexander]], [[NASCAR]] driver<ref>{{Cite web |title=Going Deep: Blaise Alexander's death changed NASCAR forever |url=https://www.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2011/02/going_deep_blaise_alexanders_d.html |website=www.pennlive.com}}</ref>
* [[Dick Barrett (baseball)|Dick Barrett]] "Kewpie", baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dick Barrett Stats {{!}} Baseball-Reference.com  on|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barredi01.shtml |website=www.baseball-reference.com}}</ref>
* [[Garth Everett]], Pennsylvania state legislator
* [[John Gosse Freeze]], 19th century lawyer and writer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Freeze, John G.(John Gosse), 1825-1913 {{!}} The Online Books Page |url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Freeze%2C%20John%20G.%20(John%20Gosse)%2C%201825-1913 |website=onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu}}</ref>
* [[Johnny Jolin]], Country musician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johnny Jolin on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/johnny-jolin/381245789 |website=music.apple.com}}</ref>
* [[Adam Makos]], author
* [[Kelly Mazzante]], [[WNBA]] player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kelly Mazzante - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory - IUP Athletics |url=https://iupathletics.com/staff-directory/kelly-mazzante/162 |website=iupathletics.com}}</ref>
* [[Mike Mussina]], baseball pitcher for the [[Baltimore Orioles]] and [[New York Yankees]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mike Mussina Stats {{!}} Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mussimi01.shtml |website=www.baseball-reference.com}}</ref>
* [[Tom O'Malley]], baseball player
* [[Aaron Ryder]], film producer
* [[Eugene Yaw]], Pennsylvania State Senator

==In media==
* In [[Marvel Comics]], Mountoursville, PA is referenced as being major [[Spider-Man]] character [[Mary Jane Watson]]’s place of birth.

==See also==
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[[History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|www.montoursvilleborough.org}}

{{Lycoming County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Boroughs in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1820]]
[[Category:1820 establishments in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania populated places on the Susquehanna River]]