Editing Three Springs, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name       = Three Springs, Pennsylvania
|settlement_type     = Borough
|image_skyline       = 2021-10-27 14 51 59 View north along Pennsylvania State Route 747 (Church Street) at School Street in Three Springs, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.jpg
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|image_caption       = Church Street ([[PA 747]]) in Three Springs
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|pushpin_label       = Three Springs
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|image_map           = File:Huntingdon County Pennsylvania Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Three Springs Highlighted.svg
|map_caption         = Location of Three Springs in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
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|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   = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon]]
|government_footnotes = 
|government_type     = Borough Council
|leader_title        = Mayor
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|established_title   = Settled
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|established_title1  = Incorporated
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|unit_pref           = [[Imperial units|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|accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_km2      = 3.19
|area_land_km2       = 3.19
|area_water_km2      = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi    = 1.23
|area_land_sq_mi     = 1.23
|area_water_sq_mi    = 0.00
|population_as_of    = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_footnotes = 
|population_total    = 444
|population_density_km2 = 135.59
|population_density_sq_mi = 351.18
|pop_est_as_of       = 2019
|pop_est_footnotes   = <ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse"/>
|population_est      = 433
|timezone            = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset          = -5
|timezone_DST        = EDT
|utc_offset_DST      = -4
|coordinates         = {{coord|40|11|48|N|77|58|57|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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|elevation_m         = 
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|postal_code_type    = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code         = 17264
|area_code           = [[Area code 814|814]]
|website             = 
|blank_name          = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info          = 42-76632
|blank1_name         = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS feature ID]]
|blank1_info         = 1215281<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1215281}}</ref>
|footnotes           = Local phone exchanges: 447, 448
}}
'''Three Springs''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 444 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4276632| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Three Springs borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 23, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213095253/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4276632| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

The borough takes its name from nearby [[Three Springs Creek]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Espenshade|first=Abraham Howry|title=Pennsylvania Place Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012934249&view=1up&seq=5|year=1925|publisher=Evangelical Press|isbn=978-0-8063-0416-8|page=295}}</ref>

==History==
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The narrow-gauge [[East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company|East Broad Top Railroad]] was constructed through the community in 1874. A small yard and station were located here, and a tank farm and scrap yard were serviced. The tracks have been out of service since 1956 but are still in place and owned by the railroad.

==Geography==
Three Springs is in southern Huntingdon County, sitting at the base of the south end of [[Jacks Mountain]]. Spring Creek and North Spring Branch flow through the borough, joining just southeast of the borough limits to form [[Three Springs Creek]], an east-flowing tributary of [[Aughwick Creek]] and part of the [[Juniata River]] watershed. Sinking Run, another tributary of Three Springs Creek, flows through the eastern part of the borough.

[[Pennsylvania Route 994]] runs through the center of the borough, leading northeast {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Rockhill, Pennsylvania|Rockhill]] and west-northwest {{convert|20|mi}} to [[Entriken, Pennsylvania|Entriken]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 829]] leads from the center of Three Springs {{convert|2|mi|0}} northwest to [[Saltillo, Pennsylvania|Saltillo]], and [[Pennsylvania Route 747]] leads north-northeast {{convert|14|mi}} to [[Mount Union, Pennsylvania|Mount Union]] at the Juniata River.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough of Three Springs has a total area of {{convert|3.2|km2|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 189
|1880= 239
|1890= 192
|1900= 196
|1910= 248
|1920= 345
|1930= 398
|1940= 427
|1950= 417
|1960= 475
|1970= 495
|1980= 501
|1990= 422
|2000= 445
|2010= 444
|estyear=2019
|estimate=433
|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>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 445 people, 200 households, and 127 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|357.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 217 housing units at an average density of {{convert|174.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.33% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], and 0.67% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.45% of the population.

There were 200 households, out of which 23.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.76.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 19.8% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 22.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 101.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $26,167, and the median income for a family was $35,179. Males had a median income of $32,250 versus $22,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $15,962. About 5.4% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
* [[Josh Edgin]], pitcher, [[New York Mets]]
* [[Mike Fleck]], [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives|Pennsylvania State Representative]] for the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 81|81st District]]
* [[James Monroe Miller]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Kansas]]

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Populated places established in 1843]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1843 establishments in Pennsylvania]]