Ellport
Borough
Name origin: portmanteau of Ellwood City and Portersville
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lawrence
Coordinates	40°51′37″N 80°15′43″W / 40.86028, -80.26194
Area	0.5 sq mi (1 km²)
- land	0.4 sq mi (1 km²)
- water	0.1 sq mi (0 km²)
Population	1,148 (2000)
Density	2,642.4 /sq mi (1,020 /km²)
Established	1929-02-15
Mayor	Joseph J. Cisco, Jr.
Timezone	EST (UTC-4)
- summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-5)
Area code	724
Location of Ellport in Lawrence County
Location of Ellport in Pennsylvania
Location of Pennsylvania in the United States

Ellport is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,148 at the 2000 census.The name Ellport is due to its location between Ellwood City and Portersville.

History

Through 1919, a little more than 1/3 of what is now Ellport existed as the Ellwood City Country Club. The portion that was the Country Club is to the West Side of Golf Avenue. The Clubhouse was located on the property near 111 Fourth Street.

In 1920, a realty company from Pittburgh bought the Golf Course and sold lots for about $600 each. In addition, the realty company began to purchase farms to the east of Golf Avenue from families such as the Deemers, the Mahoneys and the Gartleys.

At this time, this area was still part of Wayne Township. In 1929 residents petitioned the courts for Ellport to become its own borough. This petition was signed by 183 residents, including 10 people who could not write their names and signed with an "X".

The borough was founded by a court order on February 15, 1929 signed by President Judge R. Hildebrand of Lawrence County.

Geography

Ellport is located at 40°51′37″N, 80°15′43″W (40.860396, -80.262051)^[1].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.2 km²), of which, 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (4.35%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 1,148 people, 482 households, and 335 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,642.4 people per square mile (1,030.8/km²). There were 501 housing units at an average density of 1,153.2/sq mi (449.9/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.52% White, 0.61% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.52% of the population.

There were 482 households out of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the borough the population was spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 21.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $34,063, and the median income for a family was $41,406. Males had a median income of $37,014 versus $22,313 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $15,447. About 6.5% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.6% of those under age 18 and 2.4% of those age 65 or over.

References

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