Greenville, Pennsylvania

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name = Greenville
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postal_code = 16125
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map_caption = Location of Greenville in Mercer County
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website = [http://www.greenvilleborough.com www.greenvilleborough.com]
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Greenville is a borough located in Mercer County, Pennsylvania on the Shenango River, 72 miles (137 km) north by west of Pittsburgh.

Geography

Greenville is located in north-west Pennsylvania.

Greenville rises to 945 feet above sea level. The latitude of Greenville is 41.404N. The longitude is 80.391W. [ [http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=14080 Greenville, Pennsylvania PA, borough profile (Mercer County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk ] ]

Greenville lies along the Shenango River.

History

Greenville was known for its manufacturing interests, including railroad shops, bridge works, gristmills, a cement-block plant, an automobile factory, foundries and machine shops, saw and planing mills, steelworks, a railroad-car manufacturer, and flour mills. Good water power was supplied by the Shenango River.

Greenville was the main residence in America of Štefan Banič the inventor of the parachute. It was also the hometown of Bill Mitchell, VP of General Motors and head of its Styling Division for decades (through the late '70's). George McGinnis, who grew up in Greenville and attended local Thiel College, was a longtime engineer with the Walt Disney Company and was instrumental in the building of Space Mountain at Disney World and was also Manager of Industrial Design for Disney's EPCOT Center. The parents of Watergate figure John Dean lived in Greenville during the Watergate crisis, and the parents and sister of actor David Soul lived there in the '70's also. The mother of syndicated political writer George Will was from Greenville.

In 1900, 4,814 people lived in Greenville. That number rose to 5,909 by 1910, and stood at 10,000 in 1940. In 1950 there were 9,210 residents of Greenville. ["Columbia Lippincott Gazeteer", p. 719] By 2000, the census showed a decline in population to 6,380.

Greenville was designated a financially distressed municipality in 2002 by the state of Pennsylvania.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 6,380 people, 2,464 households, and 1,471 families residing in the borough. The population density was 3,276.7 people per square mile (1,263.2/km²). There were 2,723 housing units at an average density of 1,398.5/sq mi (539.2/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 96.33% White, 1.77% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.82% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.20% from other races, and 0.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.49% of the population.

The leading ancestries in Greenville are German at 28%, Irish at 12%, English at 12% and Italian at 10%. [ [http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=14080 Greenville - Greenville - Ancestry & family history - ePodunk ] ]

There were 2,464 households out of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.3% were non-families. 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the borough the population was spread out with 21.7% under the age of 18, 16.8% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 89.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.6 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $38,869. Males had a median income of $31,324 versus $19,293 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $14,969. About 10.6% of families and 13.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.7% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Thiel College is located in Greenville. [ [http://www.thiel.edu/ Thiel College - Liberal Arts College, Greenville, PA ] ]

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