Editing South Williamsport, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''South Williamsport''' is a [[List of municipalities in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|borough]] in [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lycoming County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. It is famous for hosting the [[Little League World Series]]. The population was 6,259 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<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=16 July 2022}}</ref> It is part of the [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
South Williamsport celebrated the [[century|centennial]] of its incorporation as a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in 1986. On November 29, 1886, the [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lycoming County]] court incorporated the villages of Rocktown, Billman, and vicinities as the borough of South Williamsport. The land had previously been part of [[Armstrong Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Armstrong Township]].

The first recorded inhabitants of the [[Susquehanna River]] valley were the [[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian]] speaking [[Susquehannock]]s. Their name meant "people of the muddy river" in [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]. Decimated by [[disease]]s and [[war]]fare, they had died out, moved away, or been [[cultural assimilation|assimilated]] into other tribes by the early 18th century. The lands of the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]] valley were then chiefly occupied by the [[Munsee]] [[clan]] or [[phratry]] of the [[Lenape]], and were under the nominal control of the Five (later Six) Nations of the [[Iroquois]].

The [[United Kingdom|British]] purchased land from the [[Iroquois]] in the [[Treaty of Fort Stanwix]] of 1768, opening what is now Lycoming County to settlement. After the [[American Revolutionary War]], Lycoming County was formed from [[Northumberland County, Pennsylvania|Northumberland County]], on April 13, 1795. The county's area was originally over {{convert|12000|sqmi|km2}} and several other counties were subsequently formed from it.

[[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]], across the river from South Williamsport, was also founded in 1795 and chosen as the [[county seat]]. The first [[settler]] in what is now South Williamsport is believed to have been Aaron Hagerman, a transplanted [[Holland]]er, who is thought to have arrived shortly after the end of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Hagermans Run, which flows through the borough, bears his name.

One of the predecessor communities was "Rocktown". And another was Bootstown. One of the first businesses was a [[tavern]] established near the mouth of Hagermans Run by Michael McDonough. Another early entrepreneur, Jacob Weiss, gave the village a push toward borough status by purchasing a tract of 40 [[acre]]s and laying out town lots. Weiss also established a [[brickyard]] near McDonough’s tavern and for many years operated an [[oil]] mill and a [[gristmill]].

From those early times to the present, South Williamsport’s fortunes have been linked to those of [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]]. [[Sawmill]]s and [[furniture]] factories were among the most prosperous industries in both communities. Planing mills and woodworking factories of all types reached a peak of activity during the [[Susquehanna Boom|logging boom]] of the post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] years of the last century. The industry gradually declined in the 1890s when the surrounding hills were finally stripped of saleable lumber and the logging crews moved west.<ref name="history">{{cite book
 | last = Meginness
 | first = John Franklin
 | title = History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: including its aboriginal history; the colonial and revolutionary periods; early settlement and subsequent growth; organization and civil administration; the legal and medical professions; internal improvement; past and present history of Williamsport; manufacturing and lumber interests; religious, educational, and social development; geology and agriculture; military record; sketches of boroughs, townships, and villages; portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, etc. etc. 
 | year = 1892
 | url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/lyco-history-01.html
 | access-date = 2006-06-27
 | edition = 1st
 | publisher = Brown, Runk & Co.
 | location = Chicago
 | isbn = 0-7884-0428-8
 | chapter = Chapter XXXIV: Borough of South Williamsport
 | chapter-url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/Chapter-34.html
 | quote = (Note: ISBN refers to Heritage Books July 1996 reprint. URL is to a scan of the 1892 version with some [[Optical Character Recognition|OCR]] typos).
}}</ref>

Today, manufacturing diversity is the rule. The area is reforested with second-growth [[timber]], providing scenic beauty as well as woodland recreational opportunities.   In South Williamsport, prime employers include: [[Little League Baseball]], Inc., Keystone Friction Hinge, [[South Williamsport Area School District]] and the New Lycoming [[Bakery]]. Although [[Bald Eagle Mountain]] to the south and the river on the north have restricted development in South Williamsport, growth has been steady.

In 1890, there were 2,900 residents. About 600 young scholars attended 10 borough schools.  The 2000 census counted 6,412 residents and today, 1,534 students are enrolled in three [http://www.mounties.k12.pa.us South Williamsport Area Schools] Central Elementary (K-4) is on West Mountain Ave. Rommelt Elementary (5-6) is on West Central Ave. South Williamsport Area Jr./Sr. High School, Home of the Mountaineers, is on Percy Street. The [[School District]] is also home to one of the oldest high school football stadiums in the state, Rodney K. Morgans Stadium, which is built into the hillside directly between Central and Rommelt Elementary Schools.

[[Image:Little League World Series and Lamade Stadium.JPG|thumb|550px|center|A Little League World Series game in [[Howard J. Lamade Stadium]] in South Williamsport.]]

==Geography==
South Williamsport is located at {{coord|41|13|45|N|77|0|2|W|type:city}} (41.229179, -77.000464),<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> and is surrounded by the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]] to the north (with [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]] north of the river), [[Armstrong Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Armstrong Township]] to the east and south, and [[Duboistown, Pennsylvania|Duboistown]] to the west.<ref>{{cite map
 |scale      = 1:65,000
 |publisher  = Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division
 |url        = ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/lycoming_GHSN.PDF
 |title      = "2007 General Highway Map Lycoming County Pennsylvania"
 |access-date = 2009-12-27
}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[As the crow flies]], Lycoming County is approximately {{convert|130|mi|km|0}} northwest of [[Philadelphia]] and {{convert|165|mi|km|0}} east-northeast of [[Pittsburgh]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of 2.1&nbsp;square miles (5.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 1.9&nbsp;square miles (4.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>)  is land and 0.2&nbsp;square mile (0.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>)  (11.37%) is water.

The South Williamsport flood-control levees are in the Baltimore District of the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] and have been cited as "levees of maintenance concern". Failure to repair them will result in loss of federal assistance in a flood.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/releases/leveelist.pdf |title= U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Levees of Maintenance Concern |date= 2007-02-01 |publisher=[[United States Army Corps of Engineers]]|access-date= 2007-06-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070222143033/http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/releases/leveelist.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-02-22}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 2900
|1900= 3328
|1910= 3734
|1920= 4341
|1930= 6058
|1940= 6033
|1950= 6364
|1960= 6972
|1970= 7153
|1980= 6581
|1990= 6496
|2000= 6412
|2010= 6379
|2020= 6259
|estyear=2021
|estimate=6224
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 6,412 people, 2,735 households, and 1,775 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|3,414.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,884 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,535.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.74% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.44% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.12% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.20% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.47% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.56% of the population.

There were 2,735 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $34,018, and the median income for a family was $40,673. Males had a median income of $31,892 versus $22,088 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $18,658. About 8.1% of families and 10.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.2% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.

Major ancestry groups reported by South Williamsport residents include:
[[Germans|German]] - 37%, [[Irish people|Irish]] - 12%, [[Italian people|Italian]] - 10%, [[English people|English]] - 8%, [[Pennsylvania Dutch]] - 5%
[[Polish people|Polish]] - 4%, [[French people|French]] (except [[Basque people|Basque]]) - 3%, [[Welsh people|Welsh]] - 1%, [[Scots-Irish American|Scots-Irish]] - 1%, [[Scottish people|Scottish]] - 1%, [[Swedish people|Swedish]] - 1%, [[Swiss people|Swiss]] - 1%

{{ wide image |South Williamsport Pennsylvania Panorama.jpg |1450px| A panoramic view of South Williamsport from the [[Carl E. Stotz Memorial Little League Bridge]] with [[Bald Eagle Mountain]] in the background}}

==See also==
*[[History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|southwilliamsport.net}}
*[http://mounties.k12.pa.us South Williamsport Area School District]

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[[Category:Boroughs in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania populated places on the Susquehanna River]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1790]]
[[Category:1790 establishments in Pennsylvania]]