Tidioute, Pennsylvania
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| Etymology: tidioute, Iroquois for "protrusion of land" | |
 Location of Tidioute in Warren County |
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| Coordinates: 41°41′4″N 79°24′14″W / 41.68444°N 79.40389°WCoordinates: 41°41′4″N 79°24′14″W / 41.68444°N 79.40389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Warren |
| Established | 1800 |
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| • Total | 1.4 sq mi (4 km2) |
| • Land | 1.1 sq mi (3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 671 |
| • Density | 480/sq mi (190/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 814 |
Tidioute is a borough in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 792 at the 2000 census. The name is an Iroquoian word meaning "protrusion of land", referring to a sharp bend in the Allegheny River.
Tidioute is located at 41°41′4″N 79°24′14″W / 41.68444°N 79.40389°W (41.684424, -79.403970).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²), of which, 1.1 square miles (2.9 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²) of it (20.00%) is water.
From its beginnings, Tidioute was connected to the cutlery industry, when groups of cutlery workers who had emigrated from Sheffield, England migrated from factories in New England to the vicinity of Tidioute and northern Pennsylvania to establish their own concerns.
The town was the original home of the Tidioute Cutlery Company, a knife manufacturer founded in Tidioute in 1897. The company was later dissolved and reformed as the Union Cutlery Company. Union Cutlery relocated to Olean, New York, and the Tidioute factory ceased operations in 1911.
As of the census of 2000, there were 792 people, 314 households, and 221 families residing in the borough. The population density was 707.2 people per square mile (273.0/km²). There were 366 housing units at an average density of 326.8 per square mile (126.2/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.99% White, 0.51% African American, 0.13% Asian, and 0.38% from two or more races.
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