Wellsville, Pennsylvania

Wellsville, Pennsylvania
Borough
Borough Hall
Coordinates: 40°03′01″N 76°56′26″W / 40.05028°N 76.94056°W / 40.05028; -76.94056Coordinates: 40°03′01″N 76°56′26″W / 40.05028°N 76.94056°W / 40.05028; -76.94056
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	York
Settled	1737
Incorporated	1892
Government
• Type	Borough Council
• Mayor	Andrew Slothower
Area
• Total	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation	522 ft (159 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	242
• Density	2,400/sq mi (930/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Zip code	17365
Area code(s)	717

Wellsville is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 242 at the 2010 census.^[2]

History

Wellsville changed very little visually during the twentieth century; the borough's appearance has remained that of a nineteenth-century community, complete with brick sidewalks and Gothic Revival and Greek Revival houses.^[3]:2

A Walk up Main Street (video - 3 minutes)

Because of its unusually high quality of preservation, nearly all of the community was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as the "Wellsville Historic District".^[1] Among the district's 48 contributing properties are an 1850s Methodist church, a small group of nineteenth-century commercial buildings, and the Wellsville House, an 1870s structure that has been used as a factory, museum, and restaurant.^{[3]:9, 10}

Geography

Wellsville is located at 40°3′1″N 76°56′26″W / 40.05028°N 76.94056°W / 40.05028; -76.94056 (40.050335, -76.940533).^[4]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census^[6] of 2000, there were 279 people, 118 households, and 78 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,004.1 people per square mile (769.4/km²). There were 124 housing units at an average density of 890.7 per square mile (342.0/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.13% White, 1.43% African American, 1.08% Asian, and 0.36% from two or more races.

There were 118 households out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.1% were non-families. 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the borough the population was spread out with 22.6% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 103.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.7 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $43,750, and the median income for a family was $51,667. Males had a median income of $33,281 versus $25,313 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $17,689. About 7.7% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.2% of those under the age of eighteen and 9.8% of those sixty five or over.

References

Municipalities and communities of York County, Pennsylvania, United States County seat: York City York Boroughs Cross Roads Dallastown Delta Dillsburg Dover East Prospect Fawn Grove Felton Franklintown Glen Rock Goldsboro Hallam Hanover Jacobus Jefferson Lewisberry Loganville Manchester Mount Wolf New Freedom New Salem North York Railroad Red Lion Seven Valleys Shrewsbury Spring Grove Stewartstown Wellsville West York Windsor Winterstown Wrightsville Yoe York Haven Yorkana Townships Carroll Chanceford Codorus Conewago Dover East Hopewell East Manchester Fairview Fawn Franklin Heidelberg Hellam Hopewell Jackson Lower Chanceford Lower Windsor Manchester Manheim Monaghan Newberry North Codorus North Hopewell Paradise Peach Bottom Penn Shrewsbury Spring Garden Springettsbury Springfield Warrington Washington West Manchester West Manheim Windsor York CDPs East York Emigsville Grantley New Market Parkville Pennville Queens Gate Shiloh Spry Stonybrook Susquehanna Trails Tyler Run Valley Green Valley View Weigelstown Yorklyn Unincorporated communities Accomac Admire Airville Ambau Bandanna Bermudian‡ Big Mountain Blackrock Brogue Bryansville Cly Craley Davidsburg Detters Mill Fayfield Foustown Fuhrmans Mill Gatchellville Glades Glenville Gnatstown Hametown Hanover Junction Hopewell Center Kralltown Leaders Heights Mackey Ford Mount Royal New Bridgeville New Park Nauvoo Porters Sideling Siddonsburg Stoverstown Strinestown Sunnyburn Tolna Thomasville Valley Forge Violet Hill Woodbine