Milton, Pennsylvania
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Milton is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, 50 miles (80 km) north of Harrisburg. Settled in 1770, it was incorporated in 1817, and is governed by a charter that was revised in 1890. Formerly, its extensive manufacturing plants included car and woodworking machinery shops, rolling, flour, knitting, planing, and saw mills; washer, nut, and bolt works; and furniture, shoe, couch, nail, fly net, bamboo novelty, and paper-box factories. In 1900, 6,175 people lived in Milton. In 1940, 8,313 people lived here. The population was 6,650 at the 2000 census.
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[edit] Geography
Milton is located at (41.017413, -76.850758)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 9.7 km² (3.8 mi²). 9.0 km² (3.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (7.73%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 6,650 people, 2,762 households, and 1,748 families residing in the borough. The population density was 742.1/km² (1,922.6/mi²). There were 3,000 housing units at an average density of 334.8/km² (867.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 94.81% White, 2.38% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.95% from other races, and 1.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.17% of the population.
There were 2,762 households out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.7% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.89.
In the borough the population was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.2 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $30,252, and the median income for a family was $38,438. Males had a median income of $30,636 versus $21,384 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $16,980. About 10.6% of families and 13.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.0% of those under age 18 and 13.1% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Born in Milton
- James Curtis Hepburn (13 March 1815) - missionary and linguist; deviser of the Hepburn system for writing Japanese in Roman characters.
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County Seat: Sunbury |
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| Cities | |
| Boroughs |
Herndon | Kulpmont | Marion Heights | McEwensville | Milton | Mount Carmel | Northumberland | Riverside | Snydertown | Turbotville | Watsontown |
| Townships |
Coal | Delaware | East Cameron | East Chillisquaque | Jackson | Jordan | Lewis | Little Mahanoy | Lower Augusta | Lower Mahanoy | Mount Carmel | Point | Ralpho | Rockefeller | Rush | Shamokin | Turbot | Upper Augusta | Upper Mahanoy | Washington | West Cameron | West Chillisquaque | Zerbe |
| Communities and CDPs |
Edgewood | Elysburg | Fairview-Ferndale | Marshallton | Trevorton |
