Editing Slabtown, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Columbia County, Pennsylvania|Columbia]]
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| subdivision_name3  = [[Locust Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania|Locust]]
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<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 145
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| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="city-data.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Slabtown-Pennsylvania.html|title = Slabtown, Pennsylvania (PA 17820) profile: Population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders}}</ref>
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'''Slabtown''' is a [[census-designated place]] in [[Columbia County, Pennsylvania]], United States.  It is part of [[Northeastern Pennsylvania]]. The population was 145 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Slabtown_CDP,_Pennsylvania?g=160XX00US4271056 |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> It is part of the [[Bloomsburg-Berwick micropolitan area]].

==Geography==
Slabtown is located in southern Columbia County at {{coord|40.905987|-76.408734|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}} (40.905987, -76.408734),<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> in the northern part of [[Locust Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania|Locust Township]]. It is in the valley of [[Roaring Creek (Pennsylvania)|Roaring Creek]], a westward-flowing tributary of the [[Susquehanna River]].

Slabtown is served by [[Pennsylvania Route 42]], which leads north {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania|Bloomsburg]], the [[county seat]], and south over several mountains {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Ashland, Pennsylvania|Ashland]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Slabtown CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.27|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|1.23|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 2.86%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Slabtown CDP, Pennsylvania |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4271056 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213052001/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4271056 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |accessdate=June 1, 2015 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

Slabtown has hills in the south and east and is flat in the north and west. The land in the CDP is mostly agricultural, with some forest.<ref>maps.google.com</ref>

==Demographics==
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 105 people, 44 households, and 31 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|288.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 65 housing units at an average density of {{convert|178.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 100.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]].

There were 44 households, out of which 20.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 2.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.72.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 18.1% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $32,292, and the median income for a family was $39,583. Males had a median income of $35,625 versus $16,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $16,384. There were no families and 2.9% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==Education==
The school district is the [[Southern Columbia Area School District]].<!--UNI 22260--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42037_columbia/DC20SD_C42037.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Columbia County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-12-13}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42037_columbia/DC20SD_C42037_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==References==
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{{Columbia County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Bloomsburg–Berwick metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Columbia County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Pennsylvania]]