Mountville, Pennsylvania Borough of Mountville Mountville, Lancaster County Location of Mountville in Lancaster County Mountville, Pennsylvania is positioned in Pennsylvania Mountville, Pennsylvania Location of Mountville in Pennsylvania Mountville is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Mountville is positioned at 40 2 23 N 76 25 57 W (40.039797, -76.432433). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 0.9 square miles (2.2 km ), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,444 citizens , 1,018 homeholds, and 692 families residing in the borough.
In the borough the populace was spread out, with 20.9% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the borough was $10,000, and the median income for a family was $20,928.
About 4.6% of families and 7.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 12.8% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.
Mountville is served by the West Hempfield Township Police, has one volunteer fire department, and is in the Hempfield School District Located four miles east of Columbia in West Hempfield Township on the Lancaster and Susquehanna Turnpike, Mountville was originally titled Mount Pleasant because it was situated on an altitude affording a pleasant view of the encircling countryside in every direction.
In 1842, when the first postal service was established in the town, the name was changed to Mountville because the postal service already had another Mount Pleasant registered in Pennsylvania.
After a several annexations of territory adjoining the borough through the years since, Mountville now consists of just under one square mile of residentiary, commercial, industrialized and enhance property.
With slightly more than 2,800 residents, the borough is served by the West Hempfield Township Police Department, protected by the Mountville Volunteer Fire Company, and educated by the Hempfield School District.
"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".
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Populated places established in 1814 - Boroughs in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - 1814 establishments in Pennsylvania
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