Editing Rockhill, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''Rockhill''' or '''Rockhill Furnace''' is a borough in [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States.<ref name=gnis/> The population was 371 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4265496| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Rockhill borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 22, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213093723/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4265496| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> down from 414 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]]. It is the site of the [[East Broad Top Railroad]] and the [[Rockhill Trolley Museum]].

Although the community was long known as "Rockhill Furnace", its name has always officially been "Rockhill".<ref>[https://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html Population Estimates Boundary Changes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206063031/http://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html |date=2006-02-06 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], 2009-03-18.  Accessed 2009-07-23.</ref>

==Geography==
Rockhill is located in southern Huntingdon County on the southwestern side of [[Blacklog Creek]], across from its neighbor, the borough of [[Orbisonia, Pennsylvania|Orbisonia]]. It is bordered to the west by {{convert|920|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} Saddle Back Ridge. [[Pennsylvania Route 994]] passes through Rockhill, ending to the north in Orbisonia at [[U.S. Route 522]] and leading southwest {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Three Springs, Pennsylvania|Three Springs]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Rockhill borough has a total area of {{convert|0.75|km2|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 657
|1900= 495
|1910= 504
|1920= 500
|1930= 502
|1940= 548
|1950= 567
|1960= 566
|1970= 480
|1980= 472
|1990= 421
|2000= 414
|2010= 371
|2020= 379
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 414 people, 173 households, and 119 families residing in the borough. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1,323.8|PD/sqmi}}. There were 186 housing units at an average density of {{convert|594.7|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.28% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.72% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.42% of the population.

There were 173 households, out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 23.7% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 84.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.7 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $27,639, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $31,125 versus $20,375 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $15,376. About 9.4% of families and 13.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.0% of those under age 18 and 21.3% of those age 65 or over.

==History==

The narrow-gauge [[East Broad Top Railroad]] was constructed through the community in 1873. Rockhill was selected as the location of the railroad's maintenance facility. The parent company Rockhill Iron and Coal located their dual-stack [[coke (fuel)|coke]]-fired iron furnace here. Rockhill as it exists today was created by the coal company and the railroad as a support community for their infrastructure.

The iron furnace shut down for the last time in 1907, and the railroad became the primary employer. The EBT shut down in 1956, but a portion from Rockhill north to [[Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania|Shirleysburg]] was reactivated in 1960 as a tourist operation. In the late 2000s the track to the south was rehabilitated to [[Pennsylvania Route 475|PA 475]] sufficiently for speeders to operate and give rides to the public. In 2022, trackage was restored to the wye at Colgate Grove, with reproduction passenger cars powered by a small diesel locomotive. On February 18, 2023, their steam locomotive, #16, rode the rails again for the first time since 1956, carrying passengers to Colgate Grove.

Friends of the East Broad Top, Inc. have been working to provide rehabilitation to the facilities in Rockhill. Tours inside the East Broad Top shop complex are offered during the summer months.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://febt.org/|title=Friends of the East Broad Top – Preserving the oldest narrow gauge railroad anywhere in America.}}</ref>

==Points of interest==
* [[Rockhill Trolley Museum]]
* [[East Broad Top Railroad]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.febt.org Friends of the East Broad Top, Inc.]

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1874]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1874 establishments in Pennsylvania]]