Editing New Washington, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = New Washington, Pennsylvania
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|settlement_type = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
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|population_total = 50
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|area_code = [[Area code 814|814]]
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'''New Washington''' is a borough in [[Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Clearfield County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 50 at the 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=August 7, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
New Washington is located in southwestern Clearfield County at {{coord|40|49|22|N|78|42|4|W|type:city}} (40.822783, -78.701112),<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> on hills to the west of [[Chest Creek]], a tributary of the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]]. It is bordered on the northeast by the borough of [[Newburg, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Newburg]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], New Washington has a total area of {{convert|5.95|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqkm|order=flip|3}}, or 0.19%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4254344| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): New Washington borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=May 4, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213043853/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4254344| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 144
|1870= 211
|1880= 280
|1890= 178
|1900= 213
|1910= 174
|1920= 122
|1930= 57
|1940= 60
|1950= 65
|1960= 55
|1970= 58
|1980= 103
|1990= 78
|2000= 89
|2010= 59
|2020= 50
|estyear=2021
|estimate=52
|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 89 people, 30 households, and 26 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|41.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 43 housing units at an average density of 19.9 per square mile (7.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.75% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 2.25% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]].

There were 30 households, out of which 46.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.3% were non-families. 13.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 31.5% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 117.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.3 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $22,500, and the median income for a family was $26,250. Males had a median income of $26,563 versus $13,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $9,121. There were no families and 3.2% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and 22.2% of those over 64.

==Notable person==
*[[James W. Mott]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Oregon]] from 1933-1945

==References==
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{{Clearfield County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1859]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1859 establishments in Pennsylvania]]