Editing Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania

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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania
|other_name = 
|native_name = 
|nickname = 
|settlement_type = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
|motto = 
|image_skyline = Shrewsbury Railroad Station, Stewartstown Railroad, PA.jpg
|imagesize = 250px
|image_caption = [[Shrewsbury Railroad Station, Stewartstown Railroad|Stewartstown Railroad Rail station]] at Shrewsbury
|image_map = York County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Shrewsbury highlighted.svg
|mapsize = 260px
|map_caption = Location in [[York County, Pennsylvania|York County]] and the U.S. state of [[Pennsylvania]].
| pushpin_map            = Pennsylvania#USA
| pushpin_label          = Shrewsbury
| pushpin_label_position = top
| pushpin_map_alt        = 
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location of Shrewsbury in Pennsylvania
|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[York County, Pennsylvania|York]]
|government_footnotes = 
|government_type = Borough Council
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Michael Sharkey
|leader_title1 = 
|leader_name1 = 
|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1800
|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = 1834
|area_magnitude = 
|unit_pref  = Imperial
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 28, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_sq_mi = 1.81
|area_water_percent = 
|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes = <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=9 July 2022}}</ref>
|population_note = 
|population_total = 3848 {{increase}}
|population_density_sq_mi = 2132.19
|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|coordinates      = {{coord|39|46|02|N|76|40|44|W|region:US-PA_type:city(4000)|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes = 
|elevation_ft = 994
|postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code]]
|postal_code = 17361
|area_code = [[Area code 717|717]]
|website = {{URL|http://www.ShrewsburyBorough.org}}
|footnotes = 
|pop_est_as_of = 2021
|pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|population_est = 3845
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 42-70568
|area_total_km2 = 4.68
|area_land_km2 = 4.68
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_land_sq_mi = 1.81
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_density_km2 = 823.39
}}

'''Shrewsbury''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[York County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 3,848 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/> It is part of the [[York, Pennsylvania|York–Hanover metropolitan area]].

Shrewsbury is considered a borough and also has a neighboring township. Neighboring towns of Shrewsbury are [[New Freedom, Pennsylvania|New Freedom]] and [[Glen Rock, Pennsylvania|Glen Rock]].

==History==
At one time, the land that is now Shrewsbury Borough was part of one large area called [[Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania|Shrewsbury Township]]. In 1797, Baltzer (Balthaser) Faust began to develop the village by laying out lots on both sides of Joppa Road (later the York-Baltimore Turnpike and now Main Street). The early settlers were mostly [[Germans|German]] and the town was called Strassburg, which means “the town by the street or road.” By 1830 there was enough of an influx of English people to reinstate “Shrewsbury” as the official name. On August 9, 1834, the Borough of Shrewsbury was incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly. The area delineated was approximately one mile long and one-half mile wide, stretching lengthwise along the turnpike, with the borough center located at the crossroads.
The city lined the streets with [[Platanus occidentalis|American sycamores]] (''platanus occidentalis'').{{cn|date=February 2025}}
The [[Shrewsbury Historic District (Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania)|Shrewsbury Historic District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1984.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Shrewsbury is located at {{coord|39|46|2|N|76|40|44|W|type:city}} (39.767127, -76.678965).<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>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|1.8|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|1840= 340
|1850= 472
|1860= 552
|1870= 600
|1880= 565
|1890= 562
|1900= 554
|1910= 598
|1920= 568
|1930= 671
|1940= 720
|1950= 787
|1960= 943
|1970= 1716
|1980= 2688
|1990= 2672
|2000= 3378
|2010= 3823
|2020= 3848
|estyear=2021
|estimate=3845
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/> 
|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=June 11, 2013}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were three thousand three hundred and seventy-eight people, one thousand three hundred and thirty households and nine hundred and forty-two families residing in the borough.

The population density was {{convert|1,916.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were one thousand three hundred and sixty-seven housing units at an average density of {{convert|775.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

The racial makeup of the borough was 97.48% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.80% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.15% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.77% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.15% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.27% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.38% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.98% of the population.

There were one thousand three hundred and thirty households, out of which 32.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 61.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of eighteen, 6.0% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.5% from twenty-five to forty-four, 26.2% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 13.6% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty years.

For every one hundred females there were 92.5 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 88.7 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $49,983, and the median income for a family was $57,358. Males had a median income of $39,107 compared with that of $32,196 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $20,292.

Roughly 2.4% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.5% of those under age eighteen and 15.2% of those aged sixty-five or over.

==Education==
Shrewsbury is located within the [[Southern York County School District]],<ref name="fcps">{{cite web|url=https://www.sycsd.org/domain/9|title=District Homepage|publisher=Southern York County School District|access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> which includes Shrewsbury Elementary School, Southern Middle School and Susquehannock High School. Shrewsbury also has a public library, the Paul Smith Library of Southern York County<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorklibraries.org/shrewsbury-paul-smith/|publisher=York County Libraries|access-date=1 February 2021|title=PAUL SMITH LIBRARY OF SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{wikivoyage inline|Shrewsbury (Pennsylvania)|Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania}}

{{York County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Boroughs in York County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1800 establishments in Pennsylvania]]