Lemoyne, Pennsylvania

Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Lemoyne is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, which lies across the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's capital. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. Lemoyne was incorporated as a borough on May 23, 1905. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 4,659.<ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/> Lemoyne is served by Interstate 83 and U.S. Routes 11/15. Lemoyne is a part of the West Shore School District.

Name

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Keystone Marker

Following the 1724 stone house built by John Harris and John Kelso, the emerging settlement was first named by Thomas Penn as the "Manor of Lowther" in 1750. Once the camelback bridge was completed in 1815, the town became "Bridgeport". In 1888, the name was then changed to "Riverton"; once the population of 800 was reached, which was needed to obtain a Post Office, it was denied out of possible confusion for Riverton, Virginia. Therefore, in 1905 it was finally renamed "Lemoyne", said to be in honor of Charles le Moyne, a French soldier who supposedly settled near Harrisburg following an Ohio expedition.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Another possible theory was that it was named in honor of Dr. Francis J. LeMoyne.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

Lemoyne is located on the eastern edge of Cumberland County at Template:Coord (40.244217, -76.899119),<ref name="Census Gazetteer">Template:Cite web</ref> on the west bank of the Susquehanna River, directly across from Harrisburg. It is bordered to the north by Wormleysburg, to the west by Camp Hill, and to the south by the borough of New Cumberland and Lower Allen Township.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref name="Census Gazetteer"/>

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the 2010 Census, there were 4,553 people, with a population density of Template:Pop density in the borough.<ref name="2010 CPH">Template:Cite report</ref> There were 2,363 housing units at an average density of Template:Pop density.<ref name="2010 SPH">Template:Cite report</ref>

Age and gender

The median age was 38.3 years, with Template:Number and percent under the age of 5, Template:Number and percent in the 5 to 17 age range, Template:Number and percent in the 18 to 20 age range, Template:Number and percent in the 21 to 24 age range, Template:Number and percent in the 25 to 34 age range, Template:Number and percent in the 35 to 44 age range, Template:Number and percent in the 45 to 54 age range, Template:Number and percent in the 55 to 59 age range, Template:Number and percent in the 60 to 64 age range, Template:Number and percent in the 65 to 74 age range, Template:Number and percent in the 75 to 84 age range, and Template:Number and percent age 85 and over. Template:Number and percent were under the age 18 and Template:Number and percent were age 65 and over. Template:Number and percent of the population were females, giving a ratio of Template:Ratio females to males. Template:Number and percent of those over the age of 18 were female with Template:Number and percent of those age 65 and over being female.<ref name="2010 SPH" />

Race and Hispanic or Latino origin

Households and families

There were 2,160 households, with Template:Number and percent being considered families. The average size of a household was 2.11 and of families 2.85. Template:Percentage of the families had children under the age of 18. Template:Number and percent of the families were a husband-wife family, Template:Percentage of those having children under the age of 18. Template:Number and percent of families had a female householder with no husband present, Template:Percentage of those having children under the age of 18. Template:Number and percent of families were of some other classification. There were Template:Number and percent households not considered a family, with Template:Number and percent of those being someone living alone Template:Number and percent being age 65 and over.<ref name="2010 SPH" />