| Borough of Dunmore | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lackawanna |
| Area | 8. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Lackawanna County is a County in the US state of Pennsylvania. 8 sq mi (22. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 8 km²) |
| - land | 8. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 sq mi (22. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 5 km²) |
| - water | 0. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 1 sq mi (0. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 3 km²), 1. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 14% |
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| - coordinates | Coordinates: |
| - elevation | 1,001 ft (305. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 1 m) |
| Population | 14,018 (2000) |
| Density | 1,603. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International 7 /sq mi (619. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 2 /km²) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code | 570 |
  Location of Dunmore in Pennsylvania
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Dunmore is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, adjoining Scranton. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during Area code 570 is a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Telephone Area code which serves the northeast corner of the state including the cities of Lackawanna County is a County in the US state of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Dunmore was settled in 1835 and incorporated in 1862. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Extensive anthracite coal, brick, stone, and silk interests had led to a rapid increase in the population to 8,315 in 1890, 12,583 in 1900, 17,615 in 1910, 20,250 in 1920, and 23,086 in 1940. Anthracite ( Greek Ανθρακίτης literally "a type of coal" from Anthrax, coal is a hard compact variety of mineral Coal that has a high Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The population was 14,018 at the 2000 census. Dunmore contains several schools: Dunmore High School, Holy Cross High School, and Saint Mary's of Mount Carmel Elementary School. Dunmore High School is the secondary education school for the borough of Dunmore Pennsylvania.
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History
(Taken from Susan W. Pieroth's compilation found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/news/providence.html)
Dunmore is one of the numerous villages which sprang from the original township of Providence, Pennsylvania. Purchased from the natives in 1754, the territory now embracing this village offered its solitude to the pioneers seeking a home in the wilderness between the Delaware and the Susquehanna rivers until the summer of 1783.
At this time, William Allsworth, a shoemaker by trade, who had visited the Connecticut land at Wyoming for the purpose of selecting a place for his home the year previous, reached the point at evening, where he encamped and lit his fire in the forest where Dunmore was thus founded. The need of more places of rest to cheer the emigrants traveling with heavy burdens induced Mr. Allsworth to fix his abode at this spot. Deer and bear were so abundant for many years within sight of his clearing, that his family never trusted to his rifle in vain for a supply of venison or the substantial haunches of the bear.
The house of Mr. Allsworth, famed for the constant readiness of the host to smooth by his dry jokes and kind words the ruggedness of every man’s daily road, became a common point of interest and attraction to the emigrant or the wayfarer. The descendants of Mr. Allsworth have filled many places of trust and usefulness in the county, and adorned the various walks of social life. In the summer of 1795, Charles Dolph, John Carey, and John West began the labor of clearing and plowing lands in the neighborhood of Bucktown or Corners, as this place was long called after the first foot-path opened from Blakeley to the Roaring Brook crossed the Wyoming road at Allsworth’s.
Edward Lunnon, Isaac Dolph, James Brown, Philip Swartz and Levi De Puy, purchased land of the State between 1799-1805 and located in this portion of Providence Township. The old tavern, long since vanished with its round swinging sign and low bar-room, one corner of which, fortified with long pine-pickets, extended from the bar to the very ceiling, in times of yore, was owned successively by Wm. Allsworth, Philip Swartz, Isaac Dolph, Henry W. Drinker, and Samuel De Puy.
The external aspect of Dunmore promised so much by its agricultural expectations in 1813, that Dr. Orlo Hamlin with his young wife, was induced to settle a mile north of Allsworth. He was the first physician and surgeon locating in Providence. The population of Dunmore and Blakeley, doubling in numbers and increasing in wealth, warranted Stephen Tripp in erecting a saw and grist mill in 1820, on the Roaring Brook half a mile south of the village.
A store was opened at the Corners in 1820 under the auspices of the Drinker Turnpike; but the village, consisting of but four houses, had but a negative existence until the Pennsylvania Coal Company, in 1847-1848, turned the sterile pasture-fields around it into a town liberal in the extent of its territory and diversified by every variety of life.
By 1875, the township of Providence was dissolved and the land split up into various smaller boroughs and towns with Dunmore being one of them. Today, Dunmore is a borough bordering the town of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The name Dunmore comes from Dunmore Park, in the Falkirk council area of Scotland (home of the Dunmore Pineapple). The Dunmore Pineapple is a remarkable Folly situated in Dunmore Park approximately one kilometre northwest of Airth in the Falkirk council area
Geography
Dunmore is located at (41. 417530, -75. 624432)[1].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 8. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 8 square miles (22. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 8 km²), of which, 8. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 square miles (22. 6 km²) of it is land and 0. 1 square miles (0. 2 km²) of it (0. 79%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 14,018 people, 6,141 households, and 3,788 families residing in the borough. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 1,603. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7 people per square mile (619. 3/km²). There were 6,528 housing units at an average density of 746. 8/sq mi (288. 4/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98. 45% White, 0. 49% African American, 0. 06% Native American, 0. 44% Asian, 0. 01% Pacific Islander, 0. 18% from other races, and 0. 36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 88% of the population.
There were 6,141 households out of which 24. 0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46. 1% were married couples living together, 11. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38. 3% were non-families. 34. 6% of all households were made up of individuals and 16. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 26 and the average family size was 2. 95.
In the borough the population was spread out with 20. 9% under the age of 18, 6. 9% from 18 to 24, 27. 6% from 25 to 44, 22. 4% from 45 to 64, and 22. 3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 88. 2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84. 4 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $33,280, and the median income for a family was $43,354. Males had a median income of $32,855 versus $24,167 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $19,851. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 6. 7% of families and 10. 5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 1% of those under age 18 and 11. 8% of those age 65 or over.
Notable natives and residents
- Nestor Chylak American league baseball umpire for 25 years. Nestor George Chylak Jr ( May 11 1922 - February 17 1982) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who He was one of only 8 umpires to be elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown 1999. Chylak was also a War Hero in the Battle of the Bulge who won the Purple Heart and Silver Star for valor in combat. The Ardennes Offensive (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945 was a major German offensive launched towards the end of World War II through the forested Ardennes Mountains Ted Williams claimed Chylak to be "the best ever at his craft. " Chylak died in 1982.
- Paul W. Richards American Astronaut who flew on Mission STS-102 a board The Space Shuttle Discovery
- Tim Ruddy was a center for the Miami Dolphins from 1994 - 2003. Paul William Richards (b May 20 1964 in Scranton Pennsylvania) is a NASA Astronaut. An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained STS-102 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery'' and launched from Kennedy Space Space Shuttle Discovery ( Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103 is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of Tim Ruddy (born April 27, 1972 in Scranton Pennsylvania) but lived in Dunmore Pennsylvania from his childhood all the way through high The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami Florida Metropolitan Area. Most of his career he was the center of Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino
References
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the Hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL Daniel Constantine Marino Jr (born September 15, 1961 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is a Polish - Italian American Hall of United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
External links
- Borough of Dunmore
- Dunmore School District
- Dunmore Fire Department
- Dunmore Police Department
- Dunmore Cemetery
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