Editing Seltzer, Pennsylvania

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'''Seltzer''' is a [[Village (Pennsylvania)|village]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) that is located in [[Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania|Schuylkill County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 318 at the 2020 census.

Seltzer is located in [[Norwegian Township, Pennsylvania|Norwegian Township]].

==History==
Seltzer was named after Conrad Seltzer, a nineteenth-century German immigrant who established a meatpacking business.<ref name="pennlive">{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Charles |title=Why is a fake Pennsylvania town going viral, and what does it mean for the real one? |url=https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/01/why-is-a-fake-pennsylvania-town-going-viral-and-whats-it-mean-for-the-real-one.html |access-date=January 14, 2020 |work=PennLive |date=January 13, 2020}}</ref> The Seltzer Packing Company became one of the largest of its kind in Pennsylvania. Conrad Seltzer was also elected as Schuylkill County treasurer for one term in 1864, running as a Democrat. His descendants became prominent in Schuylkill County business and politics.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schalck |first1=Adolf |last2=Henning |first2=David |title=History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: ... Including a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Many Families and Persons in the County |date=1907 |publisher=State Historical Association |page=428 |volume=2}}</ref>

==Geography==
Seltzer is located at {{coord|40|41|47|N|76|14|8|W|region:US_type:city}} (40.696252, -76.235543).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
[[File:Seltzer Hose Co, Norwegian Twp, Schuylkill Co PA.JPG|right|thumb|Seltzer Hose Co.]]
The total population in 2010 was 296 according to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US4269256&table=S0101&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S0101&hidePreview=false&vintage=2010&cid=DP05_0001E&layer=place&lastDisplayedRow=23&mode=|website=data.census.gov|access-date=2020-01-22|title=Explore Census Data }}</ref> in this [[Census-designated place|Census Designated Place]] (CDP). The racial makeup of the CDP was 100.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]].

There were 86.2 males per 100 females (137 male, 159 female). The age breakdown shows 35 children under 15 years of age, 47 between ages 15–19, 7 aged 20–34, 124 aged 35–54, 83 aged 55 and older.

20.7% of the population aged 15 and older has never married. 55.6% are now married (in 2010). 9.2% are divorced or separated. 14.6% are widowed. 72.9% of the population 25 years of age or older in the CDP have graduated from high school or attended college, including 11.6% with a graduate or professional degree. The median income per capita (15 years of age and older) was $16,042. 14.9% of the population is living below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US4269256&table=S0601&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S0601&hidePreview=false&vintage=2010&cid=DP05_0001E&layer=place&lastDisplayedRow=51&mode=|website=data.census.gov|access-date=2020-01-22|title=Explore Census Data }}</ref>

Data from the 2010 American Community Survey conducted by the Census Bureau indicates that there were 127 households in the CDP with 78 total families.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US4269256&table=S1101&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101&hidePreview=false&vintage=2010&cid=DP05_0001E&layer=place&lastDisplayedRow=26&mode=|website=data.census.gov|access-date=2020-01-22|title=Explore Census Data }}</ref>

The median income for a household in the CDP was $48,681.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US4269256&table=S2503&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S2503&hidePreview=false&vintage=2010&cid=DP05_0001E&layer=place&lastDisplayedRow=56&mode=|website=data.census.gov|access-date=2020-01-22|title=Explore Census Data }}</ref>

==In popular culture==
In January 2020, [[Anheuser-Busch]] introduced a new product, [[Bud Light Seltzer]], with television commercials featuring the fake "mayor" of the "town" of Seltzer, Pennsylvania, the "unofficial spokes-town" for the product. Anheuser-Busch donated $15,000 to the real Seltzer fire company and threw a launch party.<ref>{{cite news|last=Senior |first=Chase |date=January 8, 2020 |url=https://wnep.com/2020/01/08/bud-light-seltzer-a-hit-in-one-schuylkill-county-village/ |title=Small Village of Seltzer Getting Recognized because of Bud Light Seltzer|work=[[WNEP-TV]]|access-date=January 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Beer |first=Jeff |date=January 10, 2020 |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90450646/can-beer-style-advertising-sell-hard-seltzer-bud-light-thinks-so |title=Can beer-style advertising sell hard seltzer? Bud Light thinks so |work=[[Fast Company]]'|access-date=January 14, 2020}}</ref>

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Pennsylvania]]