Roseto, Pennsylvania
| Borough of Roseto | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Northampton |
| Elevation | 794 ft (242.0 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°52′50″N 75°13′02″W / 40.88056°N 75.21722°WCoordinates: 40°52′50″N 75°13′02″W / 40.88056°N 75.21722°W |
| Area | 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2) |
| - land | 0.6 sq mi (2 km2) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2), 0% |
| Population | 1,653 (2000) |
| Density | 1,067.8/sq mi (412.3/km2) |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP Code | 18013 |
| Area code | 610 and 484 |
 Location of Roseto in Northampton County
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Roseto is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Roseto is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt.
The population of Roseto was 1,653 at the 2000 census.
The town is named for the village of Roseto Valfortore in Italy. It was largely settled by German, Dutch and Italian Americans employed at the numerous local slate quarries. The Wind Gap and Delaware Railroad opened a line through the town in 1883. It was operated by the Central Railroad of New Jersey until 1905, after which it was merged into the Lehigh and New England Railroad, which abandoned the line in 1955. It was incorporated as a borough in 1912.
Roseto is known in the fields of sociology and cardiology for the Roseto effect, wherein the close-knit community exhibited half the national average rate of heart disease in the mid-20th century. This finding helped to establish that stress can contribute to heart disease.
Roseto is located at 40°52′50″N 75°13′2″W / 40.88056°N 75.21722°W (40.880576, -75.217345).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,653 people, 640 households, and 476 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,634.5 people per square mile (1,013.1/km2). There were 670 housing units at an average density of 1,067.8 per square mile (410.6/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.85% White, 0.36% Asian, 0.18% African American, 0.18% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.94% of the population.
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