Editing Wilson, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| official_name             = Borough of Wilson
| other_name                = Wilson
| settlement_type           = [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
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| established_title1        = Formed as a township
| established_date1         = Feb. 10, 1913<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book|title=The District Reports, Containing Cases Decided in the Various Judicial Districts of the State of Pennsylvania. V. 1–30: 1892–1921|author1=Pennsylvania. Courts|author2=Allinson, E.P.|author3=Titus, H.C.|author4=Monaghan, R.J.|author5=Stork, T.B.|author6=Page, H.W.|author7=Bergen, M.V.|author8=Bell, J.C.|author9=Hanna, M.|author10=American Bar Association|date=1916|volume=25|publisher=E. P. Allinson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j5smAQAAIAAJ|page=461|access-date=2014-11-15}}</ref>
| established_title2        = Incorporated as a borough
| established_date2         = July 12, 1920<ref name="patch">{{cite web|url=http://easton.patch.com/groups/kyle-m-joness-blog/p/local-name-origins-wilson-borough-retyped-and-revised|title=Local Name Origins: Wilson Borough (retyped and revised) &#124; Easton, PA Patch|publisher=easton.patch.com|access-date=2014-11-15}}</ref>
| named_for                 = [[Woodrow Wilson]]
| image_map                 = File:Northampton County Pennsylvania Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Wilson Highlighted.svg
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| map_caption               = Location of Wilson in [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania]] (left) and of Northampton County in [[Pennsylvania]] (right)
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania|Northampton]]
| leader_title              = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name               = Donald R Barrett, Jr.
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| area_land_km2             = 2.99
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| population_as_of          = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total          = 8259
| population_metro          = 865,310 (US: [[Metropolitan statistical area|68th]])
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| population_density_km2    = 2760.10
| population_density_sq_mi  = 7150.65
| timezone                  = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset                = -5
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| utc_offset_DST            = -4
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| elevation_ft              = 394
| postal_code_type          = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code               = 18042
| area_code                 = [[Area codes 610, 484, and 835|610 and 484]]
| website                   = [http://www.wilsonborough.org/ Wilson Borough]
| blank_name                = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                = 42-85592
| blank1_name               = Primary airport
| blank1_info               = [[Lehigh Valley International Airport]]
| blank2_name               = School district
| blank2_info               = [[Wilson Area School District|Wilson Area]]
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'''Wilson''' is a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania|Northampton County]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]. The population was 8,259 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. Wilson is located adjacent to the city of [[Easton, Pennsylvania|Easton]] and is part of the [[Lehigh Valley]] metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous [[Metropolitan statistical area|metropolitan area]] in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

==Geography==
There is more than one Wilson in [[Pennsylvania]]. This borough is in the far east of Pennsylvania, in [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania|Northampton County]]; there is a neighborhood named Wilson in [[Clairton, Pennsylvania|Clairton]], south of [[Pittsburgh]] in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]], and another in [[Clarion County, Pennsylvania|Clarion County]]. Wilson is located at {{Coord|40|41|5|N|75|14|23|W|type:city}} (40.684648, -75.239626).<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|U.S. Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|1.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.2|sqmi|km2}} is land and 0.80% is water.

==History==
[[Image:Page 99 of Wilson Township Organizational Meeting 1914.jpg|thumb|left|Page 99 of a Wilson Township organizational meeting in 1914]]
Wilson Borough is named after former U.S. President [[Woodrow Wilson]]. First formed as a township on February 10, 1913 during the first half of 1920, a number of property owners solicited the courts to change the form of government from a township to that of a borough.

According to the 1920 book, ''History of the Northampton County (Pennsylvania) and the Grand Valley of Lehigh'', by the [[American Historical Association]], supervised and revised by William J. Heller, the township was consummated by the courts in 1914, but the court case of ''Palmer School District v. Wilson School District'' indicates the township's formation occurred on February 10, 1913.<ref name="books.google.com"/><ref name="google">{{cite book|title=History of Northampton County &#91;Pennsylvania&#93; and the Grand Valley of the Lehigh: Under Supervision and Revision of William J. Heller, Assisted by an Advisory Board of Editors...|author1=Heller, W.J.|author2=American Historical Society|date=1920|publisher=American historical society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=StEwAQAAMAAJ|page=506|access-date=2014-11-15}}</ref>

There are two very early court cases soon after the creation of the new township in 1913. The first, ''Palmer School District v. Wilson School District'', related to Wilson owing Palmer for a certain amount of indebtedness caused by the township's creation. The second, ''Township of Wilson v. Easton Transit Co.'' in 1916, related to Wilson officials suing the transit company for performing work without first obtaining necessary permissions. The township lost this case, but in an appeal to [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]] on May 22, 1917, then Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Walling ruled, "The assignments of error are overruled and the decree is affirmed at the cost of the appellant."<ref name="google2">{{cite book|title=Pennsylvania State Reports Containing Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania|author=Pennsylvania. Supreme Court|date=1918|volume=258|publisher=West Publishing Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwH0AAAAMAAJ|page=271|access-date=2014-11-15}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1920= 5196
|1930= 8265
|1940= 8217
|1950= 8159
|1960= 8465
|1970= 8406
|1980= 7564
|1990= 7830
|2000= 7682
|2010= 7896
|2020= 8259
|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>
}}
At the 2010 census,<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> there were 7,896 people living in the borough. The racial makeup of the borough was 84.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.0% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 10.6% of the population.

==Transportation==
[[File:2022-09-28 10 46 29 View east along U.S. Route 22 (Lehigh Valley Thruway) from the pedestrian overpass between Pennsylvania State Route 248 (Northampton Street) and Wood Avenue in Wilson, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|[[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|US 22]] East in Wilson]]
As of 2010, there were {{convert|19.96|mi}} of public roads in Wilson, of which {{convert|5.08|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|14.88|mi}} were maintained by the borough.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/48418.pdf|title=Wilson Borough map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 22]] and [[Pennsylvania Route 248]] are the numbered highways passing through Wilson. US 22 follows the Lehigh Valley Thruway along a southwest-northeast alignment along the western and northern edges of the borough, with an interchange with PA 248 located just west of the borough in Palmer Township. PA 248 follows Northampton Street along an east-west alignment through the center of the borough.

==Education==
{{Further|Wilson Area School District}}
The borough is served by the [[Wilson Area School District]]. Students in grades nine through 12 attend [[Wilson Area High School]] in the borough.

==References==
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== External links ==
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*{{official website|http://www.wilsonborough.org/}}

{{Northampton County, Pennsylvania}}
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[[Category:Boroughs in Northampton County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1860]]