Port Royal, Pennsylvania

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Port Royal is a borough in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 977 at the 2000 census.

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[edit] Geography

Port Royal is located at 40°31′60″N, 77°23′15″W (40.533257, -77.387619)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.8 km² (0.7 mi²). 1.7 km² (0.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (4.35%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 977 people, 398 households, and 278 families residing in the borough. The population density was 571.5/km² (1,471.9/mi²). There were 434 housing units at an average density of 253.9/km² (653.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 95.70% White, 1.33% African American, 0.61% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 1.54% from other races, and 0.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.89% of the population.

There were 398 households out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the borough the population was spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $34,514, and the median income for a family was $39,479. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $22,841 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $16,212. About 8.2% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.1% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] History

Port Royal was once known as Perrysville, named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. It was renamed Port Royal to match the name of its post office, which was so named in order to distinguish the town from Perryville, Pennsylvania.

Port Royal (and Perrysville before it) once was a stop on the old main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Port Royal was, in fact, one of the first towns to be linked to the Pennsylvania Railroad system, as it lay along the Lewistown-to-Harrisburg stretch of the railroad--the first leg constructed after the new railroad was chartered. The old Pennsylvania Railroad station no longer exists.

Port Royal was also the northern terminus of the Tuscarora Valley Railroad, a narrow-gauge railroad serving southern Juniata and northern Franklin counties. The railroad was decommissioned in the 1930s.

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Municipalities and Communities of Juniata County, Pennsylvania
(County Seat: Mifflintown)
Boroughs Mifflin | Mifflintown | Port Royal | Thompsontown
Townships Beale | Delaware | Fayette | Fermanagh | Greenwood | Lack | Milford | Monroe | Spruce Hill | Susquehanna | Turbett | Tuscarora | Walker
Communities and CDPs East Waterford | McAlisterville | Mexico | Richfield
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