Sykesville, Pennsylvania | |
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Borough | |
Location of Sykesville in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. |
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Location of Sykesville in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. | |
Coordinates: 41°02′58″N 78°49′12″W / 41.04944°N 78.82000°WCoordinates: 41°02′58″N 78°49′12″W / 41.04944°N 78.82000°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Jefferson |
Settled | 1859 |
Incorporated | 1907 |
Government | |
• Type | Borough Council |
Area | |
• Total | 1.59 sq mi (4.12 km2) |
• Land | 1.58 sq mi (4.10 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
Elevation | 1,352 ft (412 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,157 |
• Estimate (2016) | 1,127 |
• Density | 711.94/sq mi (274.83/km2) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Zip code | 15865 |
Area code(s) | 814 |
FIPS code | 42-75888 |
Sykesville is a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,246 at the 2000 census. The borough was named for Jacob B. Sykes, an early resident.
Sykesville is the birthplace of Olga Madar (1915–1996), first woman to be a vice-president in the United Auto Workers (1970) and founder of the Coalition of Labor Union Women in 1974.
Sykesville is located at 41°2′58″N 78°49′12″W / 41.04944°N 78.82000°W (41.049543, -78.820134).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all of it land.
The borough is bisected by US 119.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,246 people, 548 households, and 340 families residing in the borough. The population density was 784.7 people per square mile (302.6/km²). There were 604 housing units at an average density of 380.4 per square mile (146.7/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 99.44% White, 0.24% African American, 0.16% Native American, and 0.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.24% of the population.