Kane, Pennsylvania

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A 2005 view of downtown Kane, Pennsylvania from a gas station parking lot.
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A 2005 view of downtown Kane, Pennsylvania from a gas station parking lot.

Kane is a borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, 94 miles (151 km) east by south of Erie. It was founded in 1863 by Civil War general Thomas L. Kane at an elevated site 2210 feet (674 m) above sea level. In the early part of the twentieth century, Kane had large glassworks, bottle works, lumber mills, and manufactures of brush handles, saws, cutlery, screen doors and windows, etc. In 1900, 5,296 people lived here; in 1910, 6,626; and in 1940, 6,133 people made Kane their home. According to the 2000 census, the borough population was 4,126.

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[edit] Geography

Kane is located at 41°39′42″N, 78°48′37″W (41.661712, -78.810328)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 4.0 km² (1.6 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 4,126 people, 1,766 households, and 1,091 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,021.2/km² (2,643.8/mi²). There were 1,993 housing units at an average density of 493.3/km² (1,277.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.91% White, 0.12% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 0.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.82% of the population.

There were 1,766 households out of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.4% 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 2.91.

In the borough the population was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 86.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.5 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $30,460, and the median income for a family was $38,672. Males had a median income of $32,318 versus $20,907 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $16,167. About 11.1% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.7% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Notable People from Kane

  • Chuck Daly: Former coach of the Detroit Pistons NBA Team, and coach of the 2000 US Olympic Basketball Team.
  • Mathew Sicher: Motocross Champion.
  • Amy Rudolph: US Olympian distance runner.
  • Penny Oyler: Miss Pennsylvania 1976, now an important RRT director at Bradford Hospital and ASDTC Atlantic Sleep Diagnostic & Treatment Center in Kane.

[edit] Recreation in Kane

Kane is a rural community which is rich with outdoor entertainment. Hunting and fishing are very popular forms of entertainment for some people. Other people enjoy visiting such scenic areas as the Kinzua Dam, and the recently destroyed Kinzua Viaduct Bridge (this railroad bridge was destroyed by a tornado in 2003). In the long winters, people enjoy cross-country skiing, sled riding, winter hiking, and snowmobeiling.

For children, the local Evergreen Park has the Evergreen Enchanted Playland Creative Playground. People of all ages enjoy swimming at the high school public pool that is open various times of the year to give swimming lessons as well as holding recreational swim times.

Kane is site of an outdoor drive-in theater which is open during the summer months, playing current movies.

Though Kane only has one "chain" restaurant, Subway, it is host to several popular family-run restaurants including the regionally famous Texas Hot Lunch, Shady Point, Szymanski's Restaurant and Tavern, and other smaller restaurants including Roma Gardens and the Black Cherry Cafe.

[edit] Media

  • The Kane Republican -- The area's only daily newspaper containing both local and national news.
  • WLMI-FM -- Kane's country music station.
  • WQLE-AM -- Kane's first radio station, first signed on the air as WKZA at 960 AM back in 1954. It fell silent in 1993 and has not returned to

the air since. Its tower and studio building, located south of Kane, were dismantled back in the late 90's.

[edit] Kane's Nicknames

  • Kane is known as the Black Cherry Capital of the World because of its logging industry.
  • Due to cold winters, Kane was and is known as the Icebox of Pennsylvania.

[edit] The Kane Tornado of 1985

On May 31, 1985 a tornado destroyed many homes in Kane and neighboring East Kane. The F4 tornado passed through the town at approximately 8:15 PM. There were 3 deaths as a result of this tornado. This is the worst natural disaster in Kane's history.[citation needed]

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Municipalities and communities of McKean County, Pennsylvania
(County seat: Smethport)
Cities Bradford
Boroughs Eldred | Kane | Lewis Run | Mount Jewett | Port Allegany | Smethport
Townships Annin | Bradford | Ceres | Corydon | Eldred | Foster | Hamilton | Hamlin | Keating | Lafayette | Liberty | Norwich | Otto | Sergeant | Wetmore
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