Editing Seward, Pennsylvania

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| subdivision_name2               = [[Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Westmoreland]]
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| established_date1               = January 23, 1904
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| population_total                = 495
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| area_code                       = [[Area code 724|724]], [[Area code 814|814]]
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'''Seward''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Westmoreland County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was four hundred and ninety-five at the time of the 2010 census.

It is also one of three communities within the county to utilize the [[814 area code]], along with [[St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania|St. Clair]] and [[New Florence, Pennsylvania|New Florence]].

==History==
In June 1902, three men were killed instantly, two were fatally hurt and five others were injured, including one man who later died, following an explosion at the Cambria powder plant's coining mill in Seward.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/822731324/?terms=%22Seward%2C%20Pennsylvania%22&match=1 Powder Mill Blows Up]." Freeport, Illinois: ''The Daily Democrat'', June 20, 1902, p. 2 (subscription required).</ref><ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/133001247/?terms=%22Seward%2C%20Pennsylvania%22&match=1 Domestic]." Bremen, Indiana: ''The Bremen Enquirer'', June 27, 1902, p. 6 (subscription required).</ref> According to news coverage, "The explosion occurred as the men were loading a pot of powder on a wagon driven by" one of the victims, thirty-eight-year-old John Rhoads, who reportedly left a large family. The others who were killed were: Seward resident J. B. Smith, aged forty, who was also the head of a large family; Charles Drover, a thirty-five-year-old, unmarried resident of [[Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania|Wapwallopen]] in [[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania]]; and Seward resident W. F. Bracken, who was married with three children.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/881442715/?terms=%22Seward%2C%20Pennsylvania%22&match=1 Powder Mill Blew Up: Four Men Killed and Five Others Injured at Seward, Pa.]" Wauseon, Ohio: ''The Democratic Expositor'', June 26, 1902, p. 2 (subscription required).</ref>

A second, similar explosion then occurred in Seward at the Conemaugh Powder Works on December 7, 1903, killing worker Alfred Beatty and seriously injuring four other men.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/668051078/?terms=%22Seward%2C%20Pennsylvania%22&match=1 Powder Explosion Victims]." Champaign, Illinois: ''The Champaign Daily News'', December 8, 1903, p. 5 (subscription required).</ref>

On January 4, 1908, Seward resident Patrick Kerwin, who was reportedly the oldest person alive in Pennsylvania at that time, died at the age of one hundred and eleven. A native of Ireland, he had been born on St. Patrick's Day in 1796.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/80656983/?terms=%22Seward%2C%20Pennsylvania%22&match=1 Centenarian Drops Dead]." Washington, D.C.: ''The Washington Times'', January 5, 1908, p. 6 (subscription required).</ref>

==Geography==
Seward is located at {{coord|40|24|53|N|79|1|22|W|type:city}} (40.414759, -79.022856).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

Seward is entirely surrounded by [[St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania|St. Clair Township]]

The community was impacted by the [[Johnstown flood of 1977]]; seven people died as a result of the disaster.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tribdem.com/news/1977-flood-years-of-efforts-rebuilt-the-town-but-impact-and-stories-are-still-felt/article_850c7d50-69da-11e7-9623-eb6b3623ffef.html | title=1977 flood &#124; Years of efforts rebuilt the town, but impact – and stories – are still felt }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|1910= 548
|1920= 657
|1930= 742
|1940= 845
|1950= 852
|1960= 754
|1970= 746
|1980= 675
|1990= 522
|2000= 484
|2010= 495
|estyear=2019
|estimate=462
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|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|accessdate=11 December 2013}}</ref><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><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|accessdate=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=11 June 2013}}</ref>
}}
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were four hundred and eight-four people, one hundred and ninety-nine households and one hundred and twenty-nine families living in the borough.

The population density was {{convert|2,255.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were two hundred and twenty-six housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,053.0|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}.

The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the borough was 99.17% White, 0.21% African American, and 0.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.21%.<ref name="GR2" />

Of the one hundred and ninety-nine households 22.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 54.8% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 30.7% of households were one person and 19.1% were one person aged sixty-five or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.91.

The age distribution was 20.5% under the age of eighteen, 5.8% from eighteen to twenty-four, 26.7% from twenty-five to forty-four, 25.8% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 21.3% who were aged sixty-five or older. The median age was forty-three years.

For every one hundred females, there were 94.4 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 94.4 males.

The median household income was $29,583 and the median family income was $38,500. Males had a median income of $32,083 compared with $18,333 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $14,585.

Roughly 4.9% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 21.6% of those aged sixty-five or over.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://ballotpedia.org/Seward,_Pennsylvania Seward, Pennsylvania] (profile). Middleton, Wisconsin: Ballotpedia, retrieved online January 28, 2023.

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