Ebensburg, Pennsylvania Ebensburg, Pennsylvania The Cambria County courthouse in Ebensburg The Cambria County courthouse in Ebensburg Ebensburg is positioned in Pennsylvania Ebensburg - Ebensburg Ebensburg is a borough and the governmental center of county of Cambria County in the U.S.
State of Pennsylvania. It is positioned 25 miles (40 km) west of Altoona and surrounded by Cambria Township.
The populace was 3,351 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Ebensburg originated in November 1796, when Congregational minister Rhees Lloyd led a small party of 20 Welsh citizens from Philadelphia to the lands Morgan John Rhees had chosen for his colony.
They chose an attractive spot in the tops of the Allegheny Mountains and there settled what would turn into Ebensburg, naming it for Eben Lloyd, who died in childhood. Lloyd offered territory to the government in exchange for Ebensburg becoming the county seat, which the government accepted.
During the Civil War, men from Ebensburg served in the 133rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (particularly companies A, B and F) and fought in Allabach's brigade (Humphreys' 3rd Division) at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.
In the borough of Ebensburg, there are three enhance and two private schools.
Central Cambria High School, Central Cambria Middle School, and Cambria Elementary.
Three of the four schools of the Central Cambria School District are positioned in the borough, as are Bishop Carroll High School and Holy Name Elementary School.
The fourth school in the Central Cambria School District, Jackson Elementary, is positioned about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the borough, off Route 22.
Ebensburg is positioned in the center of Cambria County at 40 29 11 N 78 43 32 W (40.486388, -78.725461). Route 22 runs along the southern border of the borough, dominant east 18 miles (29 km) to Hollidaysburg, south of Altoona, and west 72 miles (116 km) to Pittsburgh.
Route 219 bypasses the borough to the west, with access from two exits (U.S.
US 219 leads north 58 miles (93 km) to Du - Bois and south 41 miles (66 km) to Somerset.
Route 422 begins at US 219 on the west side of Ebensburg and leads west 26 miles (42 km) to the borough of Indiana.
Johnstown, the biggest city in Cambria County, is 22 miles (35 km) to the southwest via US 219 and Pennsylvania Route 56.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough of Ebensburg has a total region of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2), of which 1.7 square miles (4.3 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 2.13%, is water. The populace density was 1,971.2 citizens per square mile (702.0/km ).
In the borough the populace was spread out, with 19.2% under the age of 18, 1.9% from 18 to 19, 6.4% from 20 to 24, 12.9% from 25 to 34, 17.4% from 35 to 49, 21.7% from 50 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ebensburg borough, Pennsylvania".
"Profile for Ebensburg, Pennsylvania".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Municipalities and communities of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States County seats of Pennsylvania
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County seats in Pennsylvania - Populated places established in 1796 - Boroughs in Cambria County, Pennsylvania - 1825 establishments in Pennsylvania
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