Editing Warrior Run, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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| official_name                   = Warrior Run, Pennsylvania
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| image_caption                   = Looking North on Front Street in Warrior Run, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
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| subdivision_name2               = [[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Luzerne]]
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| government_type                 = Borough Council
| leader_title                    = Mayor
| leader_name                     = Tom Shypulefski
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| established_title               = Settled
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| established_title1              = Incorporated
| established_date1               = 1895
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| 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_km2                  = 1.71
| area_land_km2                   = 1.71
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| area_total_sq_mi                = 0.66
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 0.66
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| 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=August 5, 2022}}</ref>
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| population_total                = 528 {{decrease}}
| population_density_km2          = 339.70
| population_density_sq_mi        = 880.30
| timezone                        = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset                      = -5
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| utc_offset_DST                  = -4
| coordinates                     = {{coord|41|11|15|N|75|57|09|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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| elevation_ft                    = 665
| postal_code_type                = [[Zip code]]
| postal_code                     = 18706
| area_code                       = [[Area code 570|570]]
| website                         = {{URL|www.wrboro.org}}
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| pop_est_as_of                   = 2021
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| population_est                  = 529
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| blank_info                      = 42-81080
| image_map                       = File:Luzerne County Pennsylvania Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Warrior Run Highlighted.svg
| map_caption                     = Location of Warrior Run in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
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'''Warrior Run''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Luzerne County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 528 at the time of the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>

==History==

===Early history===
[[File:Warior Run PA Welsh Presby PHS621.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A Welsh Presbyterian Church in Warrior Run]] The first settlers of Warrior Run were [[Connecticut]] natives Elisha and Anna Blackman and their young children, Henry and Ebenezer. In 1791, they cleared trees and built a [[log cabin]]. For many years after, their land was the only cleared area beyond the Middle Road.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History – Warrior Run Borough |url=https://wrboro.org/history/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=wrboro.org}}</ref>

===Coal mining===
[[Coal mining]] was the chief industry in the [[Coal Region|region]]. In 1864, the Warrior Run Mining Company was organized; it reopened the old Holland and Hillman mine. The company built a [[coal breaker|breaker]] at the foot of the mountain; it opened in 1867.

At about the same time, both the [[Lehigh Valley Railroad]] and the Nanticoke Branch of the [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]] completed their lines through the area, thus making it possible to conveniently mine, transport, and market the area's coal. The occupations of the majority of residents were directly associated to mining in some way.
 
Ultimately, in the 20th century, the coal industry in the region died out.

===Borough===
Warrior Run Mining Village arose on the land owned by the Warrior Run Mining Company. On January 25, 1895, the Borough of Warrior Run was incorporated. Charles Williams was elected the first [[Burgess (title)|burgess]] on February 19.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.pagenweb.org/~luzerne/patk/WR1.htm | title=A History of Warrior Run Borough}}</ref>

A lot on Hanover Street was selected for the borough's first town hall.

The borough celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1995.

==Geography==
Warrior Run is located at {{coord|41|11|15|N|75|57|9|W|type:city}} (41.187463, -75.952584) — just southeast of [[Nanticoke, Pennsylvania|Nanticoke]].<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|1.9|sqkm|disp=flip}}, all of it land.

It is located on a historical battleground and on mostly fertile soil. The northern and western sections of the community consist mostly of homes and businesses; the southern and eastern areas of the borough are predominantly [[woodland]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|1900= 965
|1910= 1251
|1920= 1387
|1930= 1516
|1940= 1339
|1950= 1056
|1960= 833
|1970= 816
|1980= 784
|1990= 656
|2000= 624
|2010= 584
|2020= 528
|estyear=2021
|estimate=529
|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=11 June 2013}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 624 people, 257 households, and 178 families living in the borough.

The population density was {{convert|806.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 285 housing units at an average density of {{convert|368.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

The racial makeup of the borough was 98.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.32% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.16% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.64% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.80% of the population.

There were 257 households, out of which 26.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 51.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 22.6% under the age of eighteen, 6.1% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.5% from twenty-five to forty-four, 24.7% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 18.1% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty years.

For every one hundred females there were 86.3 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and older, there were 82.3 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $29,583, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $28,958 compared with that of $21,304 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $15,693.

Roughly 10.0% of families and 9.1% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 12.2% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 9.8% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.
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==Education==
It is in the [[Hanover Area School District]]<!--UNI 11420-->.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42079_luzerne/DC20SD_C42079.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Luzerne County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-12-13}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42079_luzerne/DC20SD_C42079_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==References==
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{{Luzerne County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1895]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1895 establishments in Pennsylvania]]