Editing Nemacolin, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Nemacolin, Pennsylvania
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| settlement_type         = [[Census-designated place]]
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| subdivision_type1       = State
| subdivision_name1       = Pennsylvania
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| subdivision_name2       = [[Greene County, Pennsylvania|Greene]]
| subdivision_type3       = Township
| subdivision_name3       = [[Cumberland Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania|Cumberland]]
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| established_title       = company town
| established_date        = 1917<ref name="CO-TWN">{{cite web|url=http://www.coalcampusa.com/westpa/klondike/nemacolin/nemacolin.htm|title=Nemacolin, PA|accessdate=2010-11-28}}</ref>
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| population_as_of        = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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| population_total        = 826
| population_density_km2  = 222.75
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| blank_info              = 42-52968
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'''Nemacolin''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Greene County, Pennsylvania]], United States. It was founded as a [[company town]]<ref name="CO-TWN"/> around the workings of a [[Youngstown Sheet and Tube]] Company that owned and operated a [[coal mine]] in 1917. The name reflects a noted [[Amerindian]] ally Chief [[Nemacolin]], who showed the [[Virginia]] and Pennsylvania settlers how to cross the successive [[Allegheny Mountains|Allegheny barrier ridges]] via the [[Cumberland Narrows]] and the [[Nemacolin Trail]]—which [[Braddock Expedition]] widened into a wagon road through the [[Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians|mountains]]. The population of the CDP was 937 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4252968| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Nemacolin CDP, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=February 8, 2017}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Tipple of mine. Buckeye Coal Company, Nemacolin Mine, Nemacolin, Greene County, Pennsylvania. - NARA - 540268.jpg|thumb|left|Buckeye Coal Company, 1946]]
The land upriver from [[Brownsville, Pennsylvania|Brownsville]] along the eastern border of Greene County was acquired by the [[Youngstown Sheet and Tube|Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.]]<ref name="CO-TWN"/> (YS&T) which planned, zoned, populated, and built the community, complete with a movie theater, tennis courts, amusement hall (in the fashion of the times in blue-collar company towns, part pool hall, part [[beer garden]]), and swimming pool<ref name="CO-TWN"/> near the borough of [[Carmichaels, Pennsylvania|Carmichaels]]. At one time, Youngstown Sheet and Tube was the largest steel company in the nation.<ref name="YS&T">Wikipedia article: Youngstown Sheet and Tube</ref> Establishing the town well after the [[United Mine Workers]] flexed their muscles in the strikes of the 1890s–1900s and after its riot troubles in [[Youngstown, Ohio|Youngstown]] in 1916,<ref name="YS&T"/> it is also likely the company had a hand in establishing the local school and one or more churches and likely issued invitations and recruited the medical practitioners operating various health clinics.<ref group=notes>The pleasant amenities might also have been a result of the [[Youngstown Sheet and Tube|1916 riots]] the company experienced in its East Youngstown plant.</ref>

The mine<!-- first established in 19xx-->, established{{When|date=February 2011}} outside the town, was one of many large mines atop the Pittsburgh Coal Seam on the west bank of the [[Monongahela River]].<ref name="CO-TWN"/> It was operated as a subsidiary under the [[Buckeye Coal Company]] which grew and benefited as being directly on the railroad route running upriver (south) to [[West Virginia]]<ref name="CO-TWN"/> and was able to load both river coal barges and freight trains with its output. It is thought by some to have been the largest coal mine in the United States in 1919, and was rated at being the second most productive in Greene County in the 1940s<ref name="CO-TWN"/> [[World War II|war years]]. The mine after operating for nearly 70 years, shut down production in 1986, and was sealed (safed) 2–3 years<ref name="CO-TWN"/> later.

==Geography==
Nemacolin is located in the southeastern corner of Cumberland Township at {{coord|39|52|40|N|79|55|33|W|type:city}} (39.877676, −79.925858),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> on the west bank of the [[Monongahela River]], which forms the eastern border of Greene County.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|4.1|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|3.7|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.3|km2|1|order=flip}}, or 8.57%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 1034
|2010= 937
|2020= 826
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As per the [[census]]<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> of 2000, there were 1,034 people, 401 households, and 271 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|732.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 451 housing units with an average density of {{convert|319.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.58% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.48% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.19% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 1.74% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.45% of the population.

There were 401 households, out of which 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.6% were married couples living together, 17.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 28.8% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $23,458, and the median income for a family was $29,861. Males had a median income of $26,458 versus $25,972 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $11,501. About 20.8% of families and 19.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 27.8% of those under age 18 and 15.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
* [[Steve Popovich]], record executive who launched the careers of The Jacksons, Cheap Trick, Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Bob Dylan, and Meat Loaf
* [[Richard Trumka]], president of the [[AFL-CIO]] labor union

==Footnotes and references==
===Explanatory notes===
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===References===
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== External links ==
* [http://www.coalcampusa.com/westpa/klondike/nemacolin/nemacolin.htm Nemacolin company town]

{{Greene County, Pennsylvania}}
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Greene County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania populated places on the Monongahela River]]