Editing New Centerville, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset]]
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|population_total = 128
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'''New Centerville''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 127 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]]. It should not be confused with the unincorporated village of New Centerville in [[Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania|Tredyffrin Township]].

==Geography==
New Centerville is located at {{coord|39|56|30|N|79|11|31|W|type:city}} (39.941712, -79.192047)<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> and is surrounded by [[Milford Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Milford Township]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.3|sqmi|km2}}, all  land. [[Pennsylvania Route 281]] and [[Pennsylvania Route 653]] both pass through New Centerville. From New Lexington to New Centerville, they form a [[Concurrency (road)|concurrency]]; in New Centerville, Route 653 splits off and runs southeastward to the borough of [[Rockwood, Pennsylvania|Rockwood]] while Route 281 continues northeast to the borough of [[Somerset, Pennsylvania|Somerset]].

[[File:Inset Map of New Centerville, Pennsylvania, from 1860 Somerset County Map by Edward L Walker.jpg|thumb|left|New Centreville, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1860]]

==History==
A schoolhouse was built in what is now New Centerville about 1800, and Jacob Weimer taught there for several years.<ref name="WatermanWatkins">{{cite book|title=History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania|url=https://archive.org/details/pa-bedford-somerset-fulton-1884-waterman|year=1884|publisher=Waterman, Watkins & Co.|location=Chicago|pages=[https://archive.org/details/pa-bedford-somerset-fulton-1884-waterman/page/n724 544]-546}}</ref> A church was built about 1813 and was shared by the Lutherans and the Presbyterians, and the Methodists built one about 1850.<ref name="WatermanWatkins" /> Michael Freeze arrived in the vicinity of New Centerville in 1830 and laid out the town in 1834.<ref name="WatermanWatkins" /> A tannery was built around 1840 by Josiah Miller.<ref name="WatermanWatkins" /> New Centerville was incorporated as a borough on March 6, 1854.<ref name="WatermanWatkins" />

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1860= 154
|1870= 196
|1880= 140
|1890= 104
|1900= 105
|1910= 106
|1920= 104
|1930= 138
|1940= 144
|1950= 145
|1960= 198
|1970= 253
|1980= 213
|1990= 211
|2000= 193
|2010= 133
|2020= 127
|estyear=2021
|estimate=126
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|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 193 people, 85 households, and 61 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|686.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 86 housing units at an average density of {{convert|305.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.45% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.04% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]] and 0.52% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.04% of the population.

There were 85 households, out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.1% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.71.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.2% under the age of 18, 2.1% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 23.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 83.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $37,750, and the median income for a family was $45,833. Males had a median income of $35,625 versus $19,167 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $21,873. None of the families and 5.5% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and 16.1% of those over 64.

==Culture==
Each September, the New Centerville & Rural Volunteer Fire Company sponsors the Farmers & Threshermens Jubilee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Farmers & Threshermens Jubilee|url=http://www.ncrvfc.com/jubilee.html|publisher=New Centerville & Rural Volunteer Fire Company|access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> This multi-day festival highlights the role that [[Traction engine|traction steam engines]] played in early 20th century [[agriculture]] and includes activities such as a parade, [[threshing machine]] demonstrations, antique [[tractor]] displays, and tractor & truck pulling.

==References==
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{{Somerset County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Boroughs in Somerset County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1834]]
[[Category:1854 establishments in Pennsylvania]]