Editing Shade Gap, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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|official_name = Shade Gap, Pennsylvania
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|image_skyline = Main Street nb in Shade Gap, PA (3), May 2024.jpg
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|map_caption = Location of Shade Gap in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon]]
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|population_total = 105
|population_density_km2 = 1087.39
|population_density_sq_mi = 2781.25
|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|postal_code = 17255
|area_code = [[Area code 814|814]]
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|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 42-69456
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS feature ID]]
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|footnotes = '''Local phone exchanges:''' 259
|pop_est_as_of = 2019
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'''Shade Gap''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 105 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4269456| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Shade Gap borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 23, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213111146/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4269456| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
Shade Gap is located in southeastern Huntingdon County. It sits at the eastern base of Shade Mountain just south of that mountain's [[water gap]] where Shade Creek passes through. The borough is entirely surrounded by [[Dublin Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Dublin Township]].

[[U.S. Route 522]] passes just east of the borough, leading north {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Mount Union, Pennsylvania|Mount Union]] and south {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Interstate 76 (Ohio–New Jersey)|Interstate 76]] near [[Fort Littleton, Pennsylvania|Fort Littleton]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 35]] runs northeast along the base of Shade Mountain {{convert|37|mi}} to [[Mifflin, Pennsylvania|Mifflin]], and [[Pennsylvania Route 641]] leads southeast over [[Tuscarora Mountain]] {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Spring Run, Pennsylvania|Spring Run]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the borough of Shade Gap has a total area of {{convert|0.08|km2|order=flip|2}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 170
|1890= 209
|1900= 138
|1910= 143
|1920= 136
|1930= 130
|1940= 156
|1950= 157
|1960= 140
|1970= 186
|1980= 141
|1990= 113
|2000= 97
|2010= 105
|estyear=2019
|estimate=89
|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 97 people, 38 households, and 25 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|2,103.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 43 housing units at an average density of {{convert|932.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the borough was 97.94% White and 2.06% African American.<ref name="GR2" />
There were 38 households, 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 28.9% of households were made up of individuals, and 18.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the borough, the population was spread out, with 25.8% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% 65 or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 86.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.6 males.

The [[median household income|median income for a household]] in the borough was $18,125, and the median family income  was $23,438. Males had a median income of $23,125 versus $15,000 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $9,557. There were 13.0% of families and 19.5% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 20.0% of under eighteens and 10.7% of those over 64.

==See also==
*[[Kidnapping of Peggy Ann Bradnick]]

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania}}
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[[Category:1871 establishments in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1871]]