Editing New Baltimore, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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'''New Baltimore''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 137 at the [[2020 United States Census|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=July 25, 2022}}</ref> It is part of the [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]], [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
[[File:Map of Mosersburg, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, from 1860 Somerset County Map by Edward L Walker.jpg|thumb|left|Mosersburg, Somerset County, PA, 1860]]
The first settler was Michael Riddlemoser, who built a house here in 1820, and laid out the street plan in 1829. The community was initially known as Mosersburg, and was later renamed New Baltimore, after Riddlemoser's hometown.<ref name="History1884">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=An02AgAACAAJ |title=History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania |location=Chicago, Illinois |publisher=Waterman, Watkins, & Co. |year=1884 |page=585 }}</ref> The borough was incorporated in 1874.

In the 1880s, a major railroad yard and maintenance facility were planned for New Baltimore to serve the [[South Pennsylvania Railroad]]. In the end, construction on the railroad stopped and the tracks were never laid, and New Baltimore lost its chance to become a significant railroading center.<ref name="Harwood">{{cite book |last1=Harwood |first1=Herbert H. |title=The Railroad that Never Was: Vanderbilt, Morgan, and South Pennsylvania Railroad |location=Bloomington, Indiana |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2010 |pages=57–58 |isbn=978-0253355485 }}</ref>

The [[New Baltimore Bridge]], built in 1879, was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1980.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
New Baltimore is located at {{coord|39|59|2|N|78|46|20|W|type:city}} (39.983808, −78.772154).<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> The borough is located on the eastern edge of [[Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny Township]], along its border with [[Bedford County, Pennsylvania|Bedford County]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], New Baltimore has a total area of {{convert|0.3|sqmi|km2}}, all  land. Farmlands predominate in the village and the mountain range, with the majority of the area forested to the west.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 150
|1890= 185
|1900= 201
|1910= 177
|1920= 174
|1930= 137
|1940= 260
|1950= 221
|1960= 263
|1970= 214
|1980= 221
|1990= 162
|2000= 168
|2010= 180
|2020= 137
|estyear=2021
|estimate=136
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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 168 people, 66 households, and 48 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|531.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 75 housing units at an average density of {{convert|237.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 96.43% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 3.57% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]].

There were 66 households, out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.2% were [[marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.8% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 22.6% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 104.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.7 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $30,000, and the median income for a family was $37,500. Males had a median income of $27,500 versus $22,031 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $14,552. About 8.0% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 5.9% of those 65 or over.

==Education==
It is in the [[Berlin Brothersvalley School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42111_somerset/DC20SD_C42111.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Somerset County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-07-18}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42111_somerset/DC20SD_C42111_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==Transportation==
New Baltimore is just north of the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] (Interstates [[Interstate 70 in Pennsylvania|70]] and [[Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 76]]) but it has no interchange, it is also accessed via [[U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania|U.S. 30]] ([[Lincoln Highway]]).

===Church of the Turnpike===
[[File:St. John's Church Pennsylvania Turnpike.jpg|thumb|left|The stairs from the Pennsylvania Turnpike to St. John's Church in New Baltimore]]
New Baltimore is perhaps best known for being home to the St. John the Baptist Church,<ref>[http://www.newbaltimorecatholic.com/ St. John the Baptist Church and Retreat Center]</ref> a [[Carmelites|Carmelite]] church located on the southern end of town. The church is unique in that it had two sets of steps along the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] at milepost 129, one set of each side of the highway. (The church itself is located on the eastbound side of the highway.) The steps dated from when the Turnpike first opened, as part of an informal, unwritten pact between the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission]] (PTC) and the church after St. John's Church was separated from the rest of New Baltimore due to the Turnpike passing through.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scottbeveridge.blogspot.com/2008/09/church-of-turnpike.html|title=Travel with a Beveridge: The Church of the Turnpike|date=15 September 2008}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=y|date=April 2023}} In addition, Carmelite priests were buried on the right-of-way of the Turnpike, and their graves had to be moved.<ref name="Church2">{{Cite web|url=http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x519138366/Turnpike-changes-bring-an-end-to-church-steps?keyword=secondarystory|title = Turnpike changes bring an end to church steps| date=10 March 2007 }}</ref> The steps were long a novelty of the Turnpike and to curious travelers who have stopped along the Turnpike just to stop at the church.

In 2007, the PTC announced that it would eventually remove the steps that lead to St. John's Church.<ref name="Church">{{cite news|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/news/2007-03-12-pa-turnpike-church_N.htm|title=Pa.'s 'Turnpike Church' to lose roadside staircases|work=[[USA Today]]|date=March 12, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910212748/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/news/2007-03-12-pa-turnpike-church_N.htm|archive-date=September 10, 2019|access-date=October 1, 2023|via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> The steps were primarily being removed due to a widening project for the Turnpike. While a written pact has not been found by either the church or the PTC, even if a written pact were to be found, the Turnpike was forbidden by federal regulations to replace the steps in any case due to safety concerns.<ref name="Church2" /><ref name="Church" /> Despite the announcement, the PTC didn't start removing the steps until November 2022 when demolition work on the eastbound side of the steps began.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} The removal was completed by August 2023.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ted|last=Anthony|title=The Stairway to Heaven is Closed|url=https://anthonyted.medium.com/the-stairway-to-heaven-is-closed-c0045a8c398f|date=August 11, 2023|access-date=May 22, 2024}}<!-- by former Associated Press journalist, meets WP:NOBLOGS --></ref>{{self-published inline|date=May 2024|certain=y}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{YouTube|Mo3nMsHgkxg|"Turnpike Church – Where's Charlie"}} (channel [[WPSU-TV|wpsu]], July 8, 2009)

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