Edinboro, Pennsylvania
| Edinboro, Pennsylvania | |
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| Home Rule Municipality | |
 Location in Erie County and the state of Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates: 41°52′56″N 80°7′54″W / 41.88222°N 80.13167°WCoordinates: 41°52′56″N 80°7′54″W / 41.88222°N 80.13167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Erie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mary Ann Horne |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km2) |
| • Land | 2.3 sq mi (5.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,438 |
| • Density | 2,816/sq mi (1,087.1/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 16412 |
| Area code(s) | 814 |
| Website | www |
Edinboro is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area. As home to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, it is a small college town, as well as a resort community. The population was 6,438 at the 2010 census, down from 6,950 at the 2000 census.
The town is located in the snowbelt region south of Lake Erie.
The Eriez, Iroquois, and Cornplanter Native tribes were the first known residents of the area that is now known as Edinboro. The tribes called the region Conneauttee, meaning "land of the living snowflake". A man by the name of William Culbertson moved to the area in 1801, building a gristmill near Conneauttee Lake.
From 1801 to 1825, the roots of the town were formed when congregations of Presbyterian and Methodist churches begun moving to the area and building houses and churches, some that are still around today. The original resident, William Culbertson, built the first school around 1825. The first post office was built and formed around 1837 when it was included in the Erie and Crawford counties postal routes. The farms helped the area grow during this time, and the area was incorporated in 1840 with a population of 232 at about 500 acres (200 ha). A turnpike between Erie and Meadville was constructed in the 1840s, made of wooden planks, and completed in 1852. In 1857, an academy was started, which was renamed the State Normal School in 1861, which would eventually become Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
A trolley station was built by the railway company, including an electric railway in the 1900s which drew more traffic to the area. Fires in 1902, 1905, and 1909, destroyed most of the wood-framed, commercial buildings but were rebuilt with brick structures that are still standing today. Many more homes, condos and apartments were constructed from 1910 through the 1950s, as Edinboro promoted itself, mainly to the surrounding populations in Pittsburgh and Erie, as a resort area by the lake, which boosted tourism through this time period. Meanwhile, the college gained enrollment and drew more residents to the town.
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