Mount Carbon, Pennsylvania
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Mount Carbon is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, two miles south of Pottsville. It was formed from North Manheim Township in 1864. The population was 87 at the 2000 census.
Mount Carbon has also had one of the youngest mayors in history, Mayor Jeffrey Dunkel was sworn in as mayor when he was only 18 years old. [1]
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[edit] The old Mount Carbon Brewery
It was home for many years to the Mount Carbon Brewery which closed in the late 1970's. D.G. Yuengling & Son bought the rights to use the Mount Carbon (Bavarian) name and label when Mount Carbon Brewery went out of business in 1977. Yuengling initially brewed Mount Carbon for a short time but eventually abandoned it.
[edit] Transportation
Mount Carbon was the end of the original Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, opened in 1842.
[edit] Geography
Mount Carbon is located at (40.672364, -76.187494)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²), all land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 87 people, 39 households, and 23 families residing in the borough. The population density was 559.8/km² (1,414.1/mi²). There were 47 housing units at an average density of 302.4/km² (763.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 100.00% White.
There were 39 households out of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families. 35.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the borough the population was spread out with 19.5% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 102.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $34,688, and the median income for a family was $46,875. Males had a median income of $24,000 versus $23,125 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $18,355. There were no families and 7.1% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 40.0% of those over 64.
[edit] References
- ^ "Go-getter," 18, ousts mayor in Michigan, by Wendy Koch, USA TODAY, November 9, 2005
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