Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
| Ellwood City, Pennsylvania | |
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| Borough | |
Ewing Park in Ellwood City
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| Motto: "Changing Lives, Living Change" | |
 Location in Beaver County |
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 Location in the state of Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates: 40°51′40″N 80°17′5″W / 40.86111°N 80.28472°WCoordinates: 40°51′40″N 80°17′5″W / 40.86111°N 80.28472°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Pennsylvania
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| Counties | Beaver, Lawrence |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tony Court |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.4 sq mi (6.1 km2) |
| • Land | 2.3 sq mi (6.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 883 ft (269 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,921 |
| • Density | 3,300/sq mi (1,300/km2) |
| • Demonyms | Ellwoodian |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 16117 |
| Area code(s) | 724 |
| FIPS code | 42-23304 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1211951 |
| Website | The Borough of Ellwood City |
Ellwood City is a borough in Beaver and Lawrence counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Ellwood City is 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Pittsburgh and some 8 miles (13 km) south-southeast of New Castle. In the past, Ellwood City sustained many heavy industries such as steel-tube mills, steel-car works, building-stone and limestone quarries, foundries and machine shops, and coal-mining. In 1900, 2,243 people lived in Ellwood City, 3,902 lived there in 1910, and 12,329 lived there in 1940. The population was 7,921 at the 2010 census. Of this, 7,289 were in Lawrence County, and 632 in Beaver County.
Ellwood City is located at 40°51′40″N 80°17′05″W / 40.860983°N 80.284849°W (40.860983, -80.284849).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2), of which 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), or 2.09%, is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 8,688 people, 3,716 households, and 2,393 families residing in the borough. The population density was 3,716.6 people per square mile (1,433.5/km2). There were 4,006 housing units at an average density of 1,713.7 per square mile (661.0/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.22% White, 0.81% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.18% from other races, and 0.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.60% of the population.
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