Editing Yeadon, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''Yeadon''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania]], United States. It borders the city of [[Philadelphia]]. The population was 11,443 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4286968| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Yeadon borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 29, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213071124/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4286968| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
Yeadon is located in eastern Delaware County at {{Coord|39|55|58|N|75|15|6|W|type:city}} (39.932862, -75.251540).<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> It is bordered on the south by the borough of [[Darby, Pennsylvania|Darby]], on the northwest by the borough [[Lansdowne, Pennsylvania|Lansdowne]], on the west and north by [[Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Darby Township]], and on the east, across [[Cobbs Creek]], by the city of Philadelphia, whose [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]] lies {{convert|6|mi|0}} to the east.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], Yeadon has a total area of {{convert|4.1|km2|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==History ==
Yeadon and its surrounding land were once part of [[New Sweden]]. Yeadon was then known as the Swedish settlement of Mölndal (founded in 1645). The borough of Yeadon took its name from Yeadon Manor, which takes its name from [[Yeadon, West Yorkshire]], in England.

In the years following World War II, Yeadon became home to a large middle-class African American community. In 1959, the borough's [[Nile Swim Club]] became the first swim club owned and operated by African Americans in the United States.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kodosky |first=Robert |url=https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/9781467156127 |title=The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |year=2024 |isbn=9781467156127 |language=en |access-date=2024-06-25}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[George Ronald Christmas]], Philadelphia-born Marine officer and Navy Cross / Purple Heart winner
* William T. Kerr, a native of [[Pittsburgh]] and later a resident of Yeadon, founded the American Flag Day Association of Western Pennsylvania in 1888, and became the national chairman of the American Flag Day Association one year later, serving as such for fifty years. He attended President [[Harry S. Truman]]'s 1949 signing of the Act of Congress that formally established the observance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=William T. Kerr Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=40980 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Rose Coyle]], Miss America 1936; lived in Yeadon, buried in [[Holy Cross Cemetery (Yeadon, Pennsylvania)|Holy Cross Cemetery]]
* [[John McDermott (golfer)|John McDermott]], first U.S.-born golfer to win the U.S. Open; lived in Yeadon, buried in [[Holy Cross Cemetery (Yeadon, Pennsylvania)|Holy Cross Cemetery]]
* [[Tony Taylor (baseball)|Tony Taylor]], second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies and other teams in 1960s and 1970s
* [[Frank Tinney]], Philadelphia-born vaudeville comedian buried in [[Holy Cross Cemetery (Yeadon, Pennsylvania)|Holy Cross Cemetery]]
* [[Frank Sheeran]] World War 2 veteran,Sheeran served 411 days of combat duty 45th Infantry Division,known as "The Thunderbirds" buried in [[Holy Cross Cemetery (Yeadon, Pennsylvania)|Holy Cross Cemetery]]

==Education==
[[William Penn School District]] serves Yeadon.<!--26390--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42045_delaware/DC20SD_C42045.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Delaware County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2023-11-05}}</ref> The district was created in 1972; prior to that year, Yeadon was in the Yeadon School District.<ref name=Hilfertylibrary>{{cite news|last=Hilferty|first=John|title=East Lansdowne's Heart Big|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|place=[[Philadelphia]]|date=1972-11-05|pages=1 N-W,  N-W}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/134708993/ Clipping of first] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/134709022/ of second page] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>
* Bell Avenue Elementary School (K-6)
* Evans Elementary School (K-6)
* Penn Wood Middle School (7-8) (Darby)
* [[Penn Wood High School]], Cypress Street Campus (9)
* [[Penn Wood High School]], Green Ave Campus  (10-12) (Lansdowne)

==Religion==
The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia]] operates Catholic churches. In October 1928, St. Louis Church in Yeadon opened.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archphila.org/parishes/8130.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217170628/http://archphila.org/parishes/8130.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-12-17|title=St. Louis|publisher=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia]]|date=2008-12-17|access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref> Circa 2008 1,267 families were registered with the church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stlouischurchyeadon.org/parish.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821113046/http://www.stlouischurchyeadon.org/parish.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-21|title=Parish Information|publisher=St. Louis Church|date=2008-08-21|access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref> In 2013 St. Louis merged into Blessed Virgin Mary Church in [[Darby, Pennsylvania|Darby]], with the St. Louis parish closed.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mengers, Patti|url=https://www.delcotimes.com/news/delco-parishes-lament-closures/article_faefcbdf-75fa-5721-ae25-6c4ccc0ea8eb.html|title=5 Delco parishes lament closures |work=[[Delco Times]]|date=2013-06-30|access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{stack|{{US Census population
|1900= 689
|1910= 882
|1920= 1308
|1930= 5430
|1940= 8524
|1950= 11068
|1960= 11610
|1970= 12136
|1980= 11727
|1990= 11980
|2000= 11762
|2010= 11443
|2020= 12054
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Pennsylvania|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/17216604v1p40ch02.pdf|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-40.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 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 Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2020 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/yeadonboroughpennsylvania/PST045219}}</ref>
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===2020 census===
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|+'''Yeadon borough, Pennsylvania – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Yeadon borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=060XX00US4204586968&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Yeadon borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=060XX00US4204586968&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Yeadon borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=060XX00US4204586968&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|1,809
|838
|style='background: #ffffe6; |585
|15.38%
|7.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.85%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|9,459
|10,052
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,572
|80.42%
|87.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |87.71%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|22
|24
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24
|0.19%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|101
|84
|style='background: #ffffe6; |135
|0.86%
|0.73%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.12%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.01%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|16
|19
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68
|0.14%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.53%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|234
|207
|style='background: #ffffe6; |334
|1.99%
|1.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.77%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|120
|216
|style='background: #ffffe6; |336
|1.02%
|1.89%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.79%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''11,762'''
|'''11,443'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''12,054'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010 census===
As of Census 2010, the racial makeup of the borough was 7.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 88.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 0.6% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.9% of the population.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table]{{dead link|date=May 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 11,762 people, 4,696 households, and 2,967 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|7,297.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,958 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3,075.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 79.77% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 15.56% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.21% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.89% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.41% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.15% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.02% of the population.

There were 4,696 households, of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 20.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the borough, the population was spread out in age, with 24.5% under 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 79.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.1 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $45,550, and the median income for a family was $55,169. Males had a median income of $39,830 versus $35,118 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $22,546. About 12.5% of families and 14.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Transportation==
{{stack|[[File:2022-10-16 12 20 07 View south along U.S. Route 13 (Church Lane) just south of Baily Road in Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.jpg|right|thumb|US 13 southbound in Yeadon]]}}
As of 2010, there were {{convert|21.78|mi}} of public roads in Yeadon, of which {{convert|2.39|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|19.39|mi}} were maintained by the borough.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/23427.pdf|title=Yeadon Borough map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 13 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 13]] is the only numbered highway serving Yeadon. It follows a generally southwest-to-northeast alignment through the borough, using MacDade Boulevard, Church Lane and Baltimore Avenue.

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[http://yeadonborough.com/ Borough of Yeadon official website]
*[http://www.yeadonlibrary.org/ Yeadon Public Library]

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