Editing Pillow, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''Pillow''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Dauphin County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 291 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=13 July 2022}}</ref> It is part of the [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]&ndash;[[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]] [[Harrisburg metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
Pillow was founded in 1818 in the eastern part of [[Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Mifflin Township]], Dauphin County by John Snyder, a land developer from [[Mercer County, Pennsylvania|Mercer County]], as "Snydertown" (''Schneiderschteddel''). The borough was incorporated as "Uniontown" on April 20, 1864, becoming a separate municipality from the township.

When the town got its first post office in 1847, post offices under the name of "[[Snydertown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania|Snydertown]]" and "[[Uniontown, Pennsylvania|Uniontown]]" already existed. A postal official substituted the name "Pillow" after General [[Gideon Johnson Pillow|Gideon Pillow]], who was popular at the time for his victories in the [[Mexican–American War]].<ref>{{cite book| title=Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyxBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA21| year=1895| publisher=Harrisburg Publishing Company| page=21}}</ref> Over the next hundred years, the new name slowly took hold, and on November 2, 1965, the residents voted to change the official name of the town to "Pillow".

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Pillow had numerous industries, including a cotton mill, a burial vault manufacturer, a brickworks, and a potato chip factory. Today, the only major industry is the Codi case factory.

==Geography==
Pillow is the northernmost municipality in Dauphin County, located at {{coord|40|38|26|N|76|48|12|W|type:city}} (40.640430, -76.803464).<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> It is bounded on the west, north, and east by [[Mahantango Creek]], a westward-flowing tributary of the [[Susquehanna River]], and on the south by [[Mahantango Mountain]].

[[Pennsylvania Route 225]] passes through the center of the borough, leading northeast {{convert|23|mi}} to [[Shamokin, Pennsylvania|Shamokin]] and south {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Elizabethville, Pennsylvania|Elizabethville]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|1.28|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref>name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4260264| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pillow borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 16, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213085137/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4260264| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1870= 299
|1880= 367
|1890= 333
|1900= 359
|1910= 291
|1920= 295
|1930= 317
|1940= 348
|1950= 323
|1960= 329
|1970= 332
|1980= 359
|1990= 341
|2000= 304
|2010= 298
|2020= 291
|estyear=2021
|estimate=290
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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>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 304 people, 131 households, and 93 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|634.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 139 housing units at an average density of {{convert|290.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.67% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], and 0.33% from two or more races.

There were 131 households, out of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 2.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.75.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.7 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $39,464, and the median income for a family was $41,000. Males had a median income of $32,500 versus $23,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $17,182. About 7.8% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 20.4% of those sixty five or over.

==People==
*[[Albert F. Buffington]], Pennsylvania German lexicographer

==References==
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==Further reading==
* The Pillow Historical Society (2006). ''The History of Pillow, PA and the Surrounding Community.''

==External links==
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*[http://www.pillowpa.org Borough of Pillow official website]

{{Dauphin County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1818]]
[[Category:Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1818 establishments in Pennsylvania]]