Calumet-Norvelt, Pennsylvania
| Calumet-Norvelt | |
| Unincorporated community | |
 Norvelt Post Office and Norvelt Union Church
Mount Pleasant Road |
|
| Named for: Calumet Coke Company (Calumet) and Eleanor Roosevelt (Norvelt) | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Westmoreland |
| Township | Mount Pleasant |
| Elevation | 1,000 ft (305 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°12′49″N 79°29′35″W / 40.21361°N 79.49306°WCoordinates: 40°12′49″N 79°29′35″W / 40.21361°N 79.49306°W |
| Area | 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km2) |
| - land | 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km2) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2), 0% |
| Population | 1,682 (2000) |
| Density | 1,156.4/sq mi (446.5/km2) |
| Founded | 1888 (Calumet) and 1934 (Norvelt) |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 15621 (Calumet) and 15674 (Norvelt) |
| Area code | 724 |
| School District | Mount Pleasant Area School District |
 Location of Calumet-Norvelt in Pennsylvania
Location of Calumet-Norvelt in Pennsylvania
|
|
Calumet-Norvelt was a census-designated place (CDP) in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community was divided into the two separate communities of Calumet and Norvelt for the 2010 census. Although the US Census treats Calumet and Norvelt as a single community, they are in reality two very different communities, each reflecting a different chapter in how the Great Depression affected rural Pennsylvanians. Calumet was a typical “patch town,” built by a single company to house its miners as cheaply as possible. The closing of the Calumet mine during the Great Depression caused enormous hardship in an era when unemployment compensation and welfare payments were nonexistent. On the other hand, Norvelt was created during the depression by the US federal government as a model community, intended to increase the standard of living of laid-off coal miners.
Calumet-Norvelt is an unincorporated community within Mount Pleasant Township. Calumet-Norvelt is located at 40°12′49″N 79°29′35″W / 40.21361°N 79.49306°W (40.213730, -79.493121). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2), all of it land.
Calumet was founded by the Calumet Coke Company in 1888 as a housing site for its workers. The community, as originally laid out, consisted of twenty double-houses, twelve single-family houses, and a few commercial and industrial buildings. The workers were employed in a coal mine and also tended ovens that produced coke (fuel). In 1894, Calumet was the site of a bitter coal miners’ strike against the H. C. Frick Coke Company, which at that time was part-owner of Calumet Coke Company.
...
Wikipedia