Carnegie, Pennsylvania Carnegie East Main Street, Carnegie, PA.
Official name: Borough of Carnegie Named for: Andrew Carnegie Allegheny County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Carnegie highlighted.svg Location in Allegheny County and the state of Pennsylvania Location of Pennsylvania in the United States Website: Borough of Carnegie Carnegie (/ k rn i/) is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area.
Carnegie is positioned at 40 24 25 N 80 5 12 W.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all of it land.
Carnegie is titled after Andrew Carnegie, who donated one of his libraries for the gesture. It was incorporated on March 1, 1894. from the boroughs of Chartiers and Mansfield (separated by Chartiers Creek).
Carnegie had a rail yard that had connections to a several barns s early in the twentieth century, including the Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal barns , and the Pennsylvania Railroad.
In the 1970s, Carnegie suffered economically with the closure of the great steel mills such as J & L in and around Pittsburgh.
In 2004, Carnegie was decidedly damaged by flooding as a result of Hurricane Ivan.
Much of the commercial section of the borough, as well as the borough's Roman Catholic churches, were closed or damaged.
But in about 2014, with the economic upturn, Carnegie's Main Street rebounded, with many new restaurants and small businesses, becoming a prominent Pittsburgh-area destination, especially on weekends. Carnegie is a walkable improve with many interesting and unique stores and restaurants on its Main Street.
The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is home to the Grand Army of the Republic Cpt.
Off the Wall Productions theater also makes its home in Carnegie, and hosts the annual Pittsburgh New Works Festival.
Carnegie is religiously diverse .
There are two Orthodox Churches (Ukrainian and Russian), two Lutheran churches, a Ukrainian Catholic church, a Methodist church, an Episcopal church, a Polish Catholic church, a Roman Catholic Church, and a Jewish church.
Carnegie also has many small-town fraternal organizations including the VFW, FOE, American Legion, Elks, Polish Eagles, Polish Sportsmen, AOH, Ukrainian-American Citizens' Club, plus a number of lesser clubs.
Carnegie's students are served by the Carlynton School District.
The ethnic makeup of the borough was 91.32% White, 5.57% African American, 0.08% Native American, 1.23% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.39% from other competitions, and 1.36% from two or more competitions.
In the borough the populace was spread out, with 19.4% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 9.7% of families and 11.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 19.4% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.
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The Andrew Carnegie Free Library, assembled in 1899, positioned at 300 Beechwood Avenue.
Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, assembled in 1906, positioned at 220 Mansfield Boulevard.
Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church and The Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church in Carnegie, PA.
The Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church, assembled in 1920, positioned at 214 Mansfield Boulevard.
"Allegheny County - 2nd Class" (PDF).
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Number of Inhabitants: Pennsylvania" (PDF).
18th Enumeration of the United States.
"Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
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