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Seltzer, Pennsylvania

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Seltzer is a village and census-designated place (CDP) that is located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 318 at the 2020 census.

Seltzer is located in Norwegian Township.

History

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Seltzer was named after Conrad Seltzer, a nineteenth-century German immigrant who established a meatpacking business.<ref name="pennlive">Template:Cite news</ref> The Seltzer Packing Company became one of the largest of its kind in Pennsylvania. Conrad Seltzer was also elected as Schuylkill County treasurer for one term in 1864, running as a Democrat. His descendants became prominent in Schuylkill County business and politics.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

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Seltzer is located at Template:Coord (40.696252, -76.235543).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.

Demographics

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File:Seltzer Hose Co, Norwegian Twp, Schuylkill Co PA.JPG
Seltzer Hose Co.

The total population in 2010 was 296 according to the U.S. Census Bureau<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in this Census Designated Place (CDP). The racial makeup of the CDP was 100.00% White.

There were 86.2 males per 100 females (137 male, 159 female). The age breakdown shows 35 children under 15 years of age, 47 between ages 15–19, 7 aged 20–34, 124 aged 35–54, 83 aged 55 and older.

20.7% of the population aged 15 and older has never married. 55.6% are now married (in 2010). 9.2% are divorced or separated. 14.6% are widowed. 72.9% of the population 25 years of age or older in the CDP have graduated from high school or attended college, including 11.6% with a graduate or professional degree. The median income per capita (15 years of age and older) was $16,042. 14.9% of the population is living below the poverty line.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Data from the 2010 American Community Survey conducted by the Census Bureau indicates that there were 127 households in the CDP with 78 total families.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The median income for a household in the CDP was $48,681.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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In January 2020, Anheuser-Busch introduced a new product, Bud Light Seltzer, with television commercials featuring the fake "mayor" of the "town" of Seltzer, Pennsylvania, the "unofficial spokes-town" for the product. Anheuser-Busch donated $15,000 to the real Seltzer fire company and threw a launch party.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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