Editing North East, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{distinguish|Northeastern Pennsylvania}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}
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| name                   = North East, Pennsylvania
| settlement_type        = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
| image_skyline          = North East, Pennsylvania.jpg
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| image_caption          = Main Street, looking west toward Lake Street ([[Pennsylvania Route 89]])
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| etymology              = [[North East Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania|North East Township]]
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| image_map              = Erie County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas North East highlighted.svg
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| map_caption            = Location in [[Erie County, Pennsylvania|Erie County]] and the U.S. state of [[Pennsylvania]].
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| subdivision_name1      = [[Pennsylvania]]
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| subdivision_name2      = [[Erie County, Pennsylvania|Erie]]
| established_title      = Settled
| established_date       = 1794
| established_title1     = Incorporated
| established_date1      = February 27, 1834
| founder                = Joseph Shadduck<ref>{{Cite book|last=Whitman |first=Benjamin |display-authors=etal |year=1884 |title=History of Erie County, Pennsylvania: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc. |location=Erie, Pennsylvania |volume=1 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=nn_SWMpgrKgC&pg=PA724 724]}}</ref>
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| leader_party           = R
| leader_title           = Mayor
| leader_name            = Bobbi Jo Morey
| unit_pref              = Imperial
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| elevation_min_point     = unnamed tributary to [[Lake Erie]]
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| population_total       = 4106
| population_as_of       = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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| timezone1              = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset1            = -4
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| utc_offset1_DST        = -5
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| postal_code            = 16428
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| area_code              = [[Area code 814|814]]
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| website                = {{URL|northeastborough.com}}
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|blank_info = 42-54952
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[[File:North East, PA Keystone Marker.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Keystone Marker]], with an atypical color scheme, in North East]]
'''North East''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[North East Township, Pennsylvania|North East Township]], [[Erie County, Pennsylvania]], [[United States]], {{convert|14|mi|km}} northeast of [[Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie]]. Its name comes from its position in the northeastern corner of Erie County, despite being near the extreme northwest of [[Pennsylvania]]. The population was 4,114 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=19 July 2022}}</ref> down from 4,294 in 2010.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4254952| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): North East borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=March 16, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213055343/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4254952| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> Fruit growing was an early economic endeavor, and is still to this day, as this is a popular area especially for cherries and grapes. There is an annual Cherry Festival in the summer and an annual Wine Country Harvest Festival in autumn. It is part of the [[Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. It is the northernmost town in Pennsylvania.

==History==
Before 1650, the area was settled by the [[Eriez]], a relatively peaceful tribe; however, they were destroyed by the [[Seneca people|Seneca]].<ref name="Official-history">{{Cite web |title=Location & History - North East Borough |url=https://www.northeastborough.com/about/}}</ref>

As part of the [[Erie Triangle]], it was only in 1792 that the locale became part of Pennsylvania. However, North East did not receive its first settlers until 1794, still, several years before the county (Erie) and township (North East) was organized. Originally the [[North East Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania|North East Township]] was called "Lower Greenfield" being downstream from [[Greenfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania|Greenfield Township]]. The first road was built in 1797 from present-day Freeport at the mouth of Sixteenmile Creek to present-day [[Colt Station]] now in Greenfield Township. That road was extended in 1798 to where French Creek forks (present-day [[Wattsburg, Pennsylvania|Wattsburg]]).<ref>{{harvnb|Whitman|1884|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=nn_SWMpgrKgC&pg=PA729 729] }}</ref> In 1800 a road from the village of North East to Wattsburg was opened, it paralleled, but ran east of, the first one from Freeport.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter=Transportation Plan |title=Greenfield Township Comprehensive Plan |year=2002 |publisher=Greenfield Township, Erie County |page=5 |url=http://elibrary.pacounties.org/Documents/Erie_County/386;%20Greenfield%20Township/4204931008mcp.pdf }}</ref>

This first recorded settler of the region was Joseph Shadduck from Brattleboro, Vermont in 1795.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Child |first=Hamilton |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.gazetteerbusines04chil |title=Gazetteer and business directory of Erie County, Pa., for 1873-4. |year=1873}}</ref> The land that the borough occupies was originally purchased from the state by a Mr. Brown, who sold it to a land speculator, a Mr. Gibson. William Dundas was the first to settle in the borough area, whose property was later sold in 1806 to Henry Burgett, who turned the dwelling into a tavern. This property, prior to the sale, is claimed to be the site of the first sacrament to the Lord's Supper in Erie County on Sunday the 27th of September 1801. A more "pretentious" tavern was built in 1808 by Lemuel Brown, located where the Haynes House is today.<ref name="First-things">{{Cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Samuel P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qCEMAAAAYAAJ |title=History of Erie County, Pennsylvania |last2=Witham |first2=Benjarmin |publisher=Warner, Beer's & Co |year=1884}}</ref>

Originally called Burgettstown, the name was changed in 1819 to Gibsonville until it was incorporated in 1834 as the borough of North East.<ref name="First-things" />

In 1798 the first school was formed.<ref name="Official-history" /><ref name="First-things" />

Its first high school, [[Lake Shore Seminary]], was established in 1870 as a collaborative effort of the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches. In 1884, a fire destroyed two-thirds of the town's business district.<ref>{{Cite web| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: North East Historic District |last1=Sands |first1=Patricia A. |last2=Sisson |first2=William | date=August 1989 | url = {{NRHP-PA|H096497_01H.pdf}} | access-date = November 5, 2018 }}</ref>

In 1983, [[Short's Hotel]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. In 1990 the entire old [[North East Historic District|central business district]] was added to the register.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Government==
The Borough of North East is incorporated as a [[Local government in Pennsylvania#Municipalities|borough]] under Pennsylvania law.<ref name="PA manual 6-5">''The Pennsylvania Manual'', p. 6–5.</ref> The borough is governed by a [[mayor–council government]]. The government consists of a mayor, and a six-member [[borough council]]. They are elected to four-year terms, with the terms of the council designed to be overlapping.<ref name="PA manual 6-5"/> The borough council prepares legislation and conducts oversight. The council meets in North East Borough Hall. Bobbi Jo Morey is the mayor of the Borough of North East. {{As of|2024|September}}, the North East Borough Council consists of:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Borough Council Members |url=https://www.northeastborough.com/about/ |access-date=November 21, 2022 |website=North East, PA |language=en}}</ref>

* Amber Belson - President
* Ryan D. McGregor - Vice-president
* Bill Beardsley
* Todd Luke
* Heather Jones
* Nancy Anderson

North East is in [[Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district]] and is currently represented in Congress by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania)|Mike Kelly]], who was elected in [[United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2010|2010]]. Republican [[Dan Laughlin]] of the [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 49|49th District]] represents North East in the [[Pennsylvania State Senate]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Jake Banta]] of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 4|4th]] District represents North East in the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]].<ref>''The Pennsylvania Manual'', p. 3-162.<!--Page number refers to a subpage, not a page range--></ref>

== Geography ==
North East is located in northeastern Erie County at {{coord|42|12|48|N|79|50|1|W|type:city}} (42.213385, -79.833711).<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=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is surrounded by [[North East Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania|North East Township]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|3.4|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

[[Image:Shorts Hotel North East Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Short's Hotel (1899)<br />National Register of Historic Places]]

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1850= 387
|1860= 566
|1870= 900
|1880= 1396
|1890= 1538
|1900= 2068
|1910= 2672
|1920= 3481
|1930= 3670
|1940= 3704
|1950= 4247
|1960= 4217
|1970= 3846
|1980= 4568
|1990= 4617
|2000= 4601
|2010= 4294
|2020= 4114
|estyear=2021
|estimate=4079
|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=December 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|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=December 11, 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=June 11, 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|access-date=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 4,601 people, 1,730 households, and 1,162 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|3,515.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,795 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,371.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 97.65% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.80% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.09% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.09% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.59% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.78% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.87% of the population.

There were 1,730 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% 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 3.12.

In the borough, the population was spread out, with 27.5% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.9 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $36,431, and the median income for a family was $43,250. Males had a median income of $33,939 versus $21,921 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $16,132. About 10.0% of families and 13.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.3% of those under age 18 and 11.9% of those age 65 or over.

[[Image:Lake Shore Railway Museum Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Lake Shore Railway Museum (1899)]]

==Culture==
North East has the [[Lake Shore Railway Museum]], housed in its former railroad station.

==Schools==
The [[North East School District]] includes Earle C. Davis Primary School, Intermediate Elementary School, North East Middle School, and North East High School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=North East School District |url=https://www.nesd1.org/ |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=www.nesd1.org |language=en}}</ref>

From 1991 to 2021, [[Mercyhurst North East]] operated in North East as a branch of [[Mercyhurst University]].

== Notable people ==

* [[Cooper Boone]], [[country music]] artist
* [[Samuel Myron Brainerd]], [[United States House of Representatives]]
* [[Julius C. Burrows]], [[U.S. Representative]] and a [[U.S. Senator]] from the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Michigan]]
* [[Frank Hamilton Cushing]], anthropologist and ethnologist
* [[Winifred Davidson]], writer of children's short stories and poetry 
* [[Charles Fehrenbach (priest)|Charles Fehrenbach]], [[Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer|Redemptorist]] [[priest]], author, translator, and host of a local religious radio program in the Philadelphia area
* [[Laura de Force Gordon]], lawyer, newspaper publisher, and a prominent [[suffragette]]
* Cody Matthew Johnson, composer <ref>{{cite web|title=Cody Matthew Johnson - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5934549/|access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref>
* [[Frank A. Gough]], orthodontist 
* [[Jesse More Greenman]], botanist
* [[Ish Kabibble]], comedian and cornet player
* [[Clement O. Miniger]], industrialist and philanthropist
* [[Richard Lowell Nygaard]], [[United States federal judge|Senior United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]]
* [[Tom Scrimenti]], [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]]
* [[Halli Reid]], first woman to swim across Lake Erie

== References ==
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[[Image:Borough of North East Pennsylvania Business District.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lake and Main streets]]

==Further reading==
* Gallagher, Marty. (1985) ''North East Past'', North East, Pennsylvania: The North East Breeze Publishing Co. (Brown-Thompson Newspapers, Inc.) {{OCLC|	21961951}} (compilation of newspaper articles)
* Green, Walter R. (1981) ''North East, Pennsylvania 1850-1890'', Erie, Pennsylvania: Mercyhurst College.
* Loop, Admah Irwin (1984) ''One hundred years of North East'', North East, Pennsylvania: The North East Breeze Publishing Co. (Brown-Thompson Newspapers, Inc.) {{OCLC|21879061}} (compilation of newspaper articles from 1934 to 1937)

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.northeastborough.com/|Borough of North East official website}}

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