Homeacre-Lyndora, Pennsylvania | |
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Census-designated place | |
Location within Butler County |
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Location within the state of Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates: 40°52′10″N 79°55′14″W / 40.86944°N 79.92056°WCoordinates: 40°52′10″N 79°55′14″W / 40.86944°N 79.92056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Butler |
Township | Butler |
Area | |
• Total | 6.6 sq mi (17.2 km2) |
• Land | 6.6 sq mi (17.2 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 6,906 |
• Density | 401.5/sq mi (155.0/km2) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Homeacre-Lyndora is a census-designated place (CDP) in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,906 at the 2010 census.
Lyndora was linked to Butler, Evans City and Pittsburgh in 1908 by the Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway, an interurban trolley line. The line closed on 15 June 1931, and the trolleys were replaced by buses.
Homeacre-Lyndora occupies a broad portion of central and northern Butler Township, north and west of the city of Butler. The U.S. Census Bureau locates the CDP at 40°52′10″N 79°55′14″W / 40.86944°N 79.92056°W (40.869461, -79.920460), but it consists of several developed areas separated by forested valleys. The Homeacre portion of the CDP is located on high ground west of Butler, while Lyndora is directly adjacent to Butler in the southeast corner of the CDP, in the valley of Connoquenessing Creek. The CDP is bordered by Meridian on the west and by Shanor-Northview in Center Township on the north.