Edinboro, Pennsylvania Edinboro, Pennsylvania Location in Erie County and the state of Pennsylvania Location in Erie County and the state of Pennsylvania Edinboro is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
As home to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, it is a small college town, as well as a resort community.
The Eriez, Iroquois, and Cornplanter Native tribes were the first known inhabitants of the region that is now known as Edinboro.
The farms helped the region expanded amid this time, and the region was incorporated in 1840 with a populace of 232 at about 500 acres (200 ha).
In 1857, an academy was started, which was retitled the State Normal School in 1861, which would eventually turn into Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Many more homes, condos and apartements were constructed from 1910 through the 1950s, as Edinboro promoted itself, mainly to the encircling populations in Pittsburgh and Erie, as a resort region by the lake, which boosted tourism through this time period.
In 1980, the census placed Edinboro first in populace growth in Erie County, with a populace increase of 30% from 1970 to 1980 to a total of 6,324.
The businesses in the borough continued to grow, and in 1983, Edinboro State College received accreditation by the state and was retitled Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
Between the 1980s and 2000s, Edinboro University has grown to be northwestern Pennsylvania's biggest university and is a key factor in drawing citizens to the area.
Edinboro is positioned in southern Erie County at 41 52 36 N 80 7 54 W (41.876558, -80.131661). It is surrounded by Washington Township.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2), of which 2.3 square miles (5.9 km2) is territory and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 4.95%, is water. The center of the borough is at the south end of Edinboro Lake and around its outlet, Conneauttee Creek, a south-flowing tributary of French Creek and part of the Allegheny River/Ohio River/Mississippi River watershed.
Route 6 - N passes through the center of Edinboro, dominant east 7 miles (11 km) to U.S.
Pennsylvania Route 99 crosses US 6 - N in the center of Edinboro, dominant north 8 miles (13 km) to Mc - Kean and southeast 7 miles (11 km) to Cambridge Springs.
In the borough the populace was spread out, with 10.8% under the age of 18, 56.6% from 18 to 24, 15.0% from 25 to 44, 10.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
With an enrollment over 8,700, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, is a primary contributor to the small-town economy.
Edinboro University was established in 1857.
Bruce Baumgartner, Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and the Director of Athletics at Edinboro University a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Edinboro borough, Pennsylvania".
"Edinboro Historical Information".
Borough of Edinboro official website.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
"Published Undergraduate Information", Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
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