Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania

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Conneaut Lake is a borough in Crawford County, Pennsylvania at the southern end of a lake with the same name. The population was 708 at the 2000 census.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 External links

[edit] History

The town was founded in 1799 as Evansburg, named for Abner Evans, a local farmer. It took the name of the neighboring lake in 1892. Conneaut Lake is off of Pennsylvania Route 6 and close to the Ohio border and Lake Pymatuning.

Conneaut Lake's largest attraction is Conneaut Lake Park, which opened in 1892 and still operates today.

[edit] Geography

Conneaut Lake is located at 41°36′8″N, 80°18′24″W (41.602322, -80.306733)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 708 people, 331 households, and 187 families residing in the borough. The population density was 738.8/km² (1,927.9/mi²). There were 370 housing units at an average density of 386.1/km² (1,007.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.18% White, 0.14% African American, 0.14% Native American, 1.98% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, and 0.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.42% of the population.

There were 331 households out of which 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.7% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.5% were non-families. 35.6% 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 2.14 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the borough the population was spread out with 20.3% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.1 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $34,306, and the median income for a family was $42,375. Males had a median income of $35,000 versus $21,417 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $18,486. About 5.5% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] External links

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	v • d • e Municipalities and Communities of Crawford County, Pennsylvania County Seat: Meadville
Cities	Meadville \| Titusville
Boroughs	Blooming Valley \| Cambridge Springs \| Centerville \| Conneaut Lake \| Conneautville \| Cochranton \| Hydetown \| Linesville \| Saegertown \| Spartansburg \| Springboro \| Townville \| Venango \| Woodcock
Townships	Athens \| Beaver \| Bloomfield \| Cambridge \| Conneaut \| Cussewago \| East Fairfield \| East Fallowfield \| East Mead \| Fairfield \| Greenwood \| Hayfield \| North Shenango \| Oil Creek \| Pine \| Randolph \| Richmond \| Rockdale \| Rome \| Sadsbury \| South Shenango \| Sparta \| Spring \| Steuben \| Summerhill \| Summit \| Troy \| Union \| Venango \| Vernon \| Wayne \| West Fallowfield \| West Mead \| West Shenango \| Woodcock
Communities and CDPs	Adamsville \| Atlantic \| Buells Corners \| Canadohta Lake \| Conneaut Lakeshore \| Fredericksburg \| Geneva \| Guys Mills \| Harmonsburg \| Hartstown \| Lincolnville \| Pymatuning Central \| Pymatuning North \| Pymatuning South \| Riceville