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Downtown Cambridge Springs
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| Name origin: Cambridge, Massachusetts and nearby mineral springs | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Crawford County |
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| Area | 0.872 sq mi (2 km2) |
| Population | 2,595 (2010) |
| Density | 2,975.9 / sq mi (1,149 / km2) |
| Settled | 1822 |
| - Incorporated | 3 April 1866 |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal code | 16403 |
| Area code | 814 |
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Location of Cambridge Springs in Crawford County
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Location of Cambridge Springs in Pennsylvania
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Cambridge Springs is a borough in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,363 at the 2000 census.
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The village of Cambridge was settled in 1822 and was named for the town of Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1][2] It was incorporated into the borough of Cambridgeboro on April 3, 1866.[1][3]
In the late nineteenth century, Cambridgeboro was known for its mineral springs. The discovery of the springs eventually led to renaming of borough to Cambridge Springs on April 1, 1897.[3] It was a resort town featuring a variety of hotels including the Rider Hotel, which burned down in 1931. Only one of these hotels, the Riverside Inn, remains in active use today and has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1978.
In 1904, the Rider Hotel in Cambridge Springs was the site of a famous chess tournament won by Frank Marshall ahead of World Champion Emanuel Lasker and fourteen other players. A variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined opening played several times there is today known as the Cambridge Springs Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 in algebraic notation).
From 1912 to 1987 it was home to Alliance College. In 1912 United States President William Howard Taft traveled to Cambridge Springs for the dedication.
Cambridge Springs is located at (41.802324, -80.059174)[4].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.872 square miles (2.26 km2), all of it land.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 2,595 people, 675 households, and 484 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,975.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,149.0 /km2). There were 741 housing units at an average density of 857.8 per square mile (331.2 /km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 84.9 percent White, 12.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian, 0.9 percent from other races, and 0.7 percent from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.5 percent of the population.
There were 675 households out of which 21.7 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.7 percent were married couples living together, 19.0 percent had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.4 percent were non-families. 33.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the borough the population was spread out with 19.0% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 40.9% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 54.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 46.4 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $31,957, and the median income for a family was $39,196. Males had a median income of $31,146 versus $22,350 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $12,863. About 8.7% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over.