Hermitage, Pennsylvania Hermitage, Pennsylvania Location of Hermitage in Mercer County Location of Hermitage in Mercer County Hermitage is a town/city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Formerly known as Hickory Township (hence Hickory High School with its Hickory Hornet mascot).
The City of Hermitage, in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, was first settled in 1796, and the Township of Hickory was incorporated in 1832 from portions of the Shenango and Pymatuning townships.
Following the incorporation of the metros/cities of Sharon and Farrell and the Boroughs of Sharpsville and Wheatland, the remainder of the Township was incorporated into a First Class Township.
The Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, Act 62 of 1972, provided all small-town governments in Pennsylvania a unique opportunity of true "home rule." On November 17, 1972, the electors voted in favor of a commission and chose nine members with the task of studying present Township government and the alternative of an Optional Plan of Government or a Home Rule Charter.
A resolution of April 9, 1975 stated the Board of Commissioners' intent to start an informal campaign to consider the possibility of a name change for the Township.
The questions to be placed on the ballot were whether the name of the Township should be changed, and if so, which name: "Hermitage," "Mount Hickory," "Hickory Hills." The President Judge of Mercer County Court of Common Pleas issued an order on December 11, 1975 decreeing that the name of the Township of Hickory shall be changed to Hermitage, Pennsylvania, effective January 2, 1976.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 29.6 square miles (77 km2), of which, 29.5 square miles (76 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.37%) is water.
Based on area, Hermitage is the 3rd biggest city in Pennsylvania.
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,157 citizens , 6,809 homeholds, and 4,616 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 548.3 citizens per square mile (211.7/km2).
There were 6,809 homeholds, out of which 26.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 32.2% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 23.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $39,454, and the median income for a family was $46,994.
About 6.3% of families and 8.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.
Hermitage is served by AM airways broadcasts such as WLOA (1470 AM) (Farrell, PA), WPIC (790 AM), WKBN (570 AM) (Youngstown, OH) and FM airways broadcasts such as WYFM/"Y-103" (102.9 FM), WLLF/"The River" (96.7 FM) (Mercer, PA), WWGY/"Froggy 95" (95.1 FM) (Grove City, PA), WMXY/"Mix 98.9" (98.9 FM) (Youngstown, OH).
"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 Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States
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