Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Official seal of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania is positioned in Pennsylvania Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania - Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Selinsgrove is a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Selinsgrove is positioned in the middle of the Susquehanna River Valley in Central Pennsylvania along US Route 11 & US Route 15, 50 miles (80 km) north of Harrisburg and about five miles (8 km) southwest of Sunbury.
The Penns Creek Massacre on October 16, 1755, was the first Indian hostility event in the region after General Braddock's defeat in the Seven Year War. A marker on the bank of Penns Creek north of Selinsgrove memorializes the massacre of 14 pioneer and the capture of 11 more.
In response to this and other Indian actions that day, Fort Augusta, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, the biggest of Pennsylvania's frontier forts, was assembled in 1756 as a result of this conflict. Selinsgrove Hall and Seibert Hall at Susquehanna University and Gov.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the borough has a total region of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2).
Selinsgrove borders the Susquehanna River.
The portion of the borough that is positioned between Penns Creek and the Susquehanna River is known locally as the "Isle of Que" (pronounced queue).
Selinsgrove is the principal town/city in the Selinsgrove, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area, and is also part of the larger Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA Combined Statistical Area.
In the borough, the populace was spread out with 14.6% under the age of 18, 34.9% from 18 to 24, 18.7% from 25 to 44, 15.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The biggest small-town employers are housing-related manufacturers and educational establishments including the enhance schools and Susquehanna University.
Outside of the improve small-town region employment includes: service jobs in small-town businesses, region hospitals which include Sunbury Community Hospital in Sunbury, Pa.
On November 6, 2007 a member of the Libertarian Party was propel to the borough council, the first Libertarian propel to office in Snyder County history and one of only nineteen Libertarian election victories nationally.
This includes the territory owned by Susquehanna University, the territory held by small-town churches and the ground of the Selinsgrove Area School District. The Borough has been facing a continued decline in the value of the taxable real estate for many years.
Selinsgrove is positioned inside the 85th Legislative District for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
This office is held by Fred Keller. The Pennsylvania Senate District 27 office is held by Senator John Gordner. Selinsgrove is in the US House of Representatives 10th precinct represented by Tom Marino Map of Snyder County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts Selinsgrove Area School District is the small-town enhance school system.
The District operates four schools, with 2,700 students in 2013, (down from 3,000 in 2002) clustered on a ground located in Selinsgrove borough. In 2016, Selinsgrove Area School District ranked 213th out of 494 Pennsylvania enhance school districts, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. In 2014, the District ranked 168th out of 493 Pennsylvania enhance school districts by the Pittsburgh Business Times. In 2013, the District was ranked 140th out of 493 enhance school district. The ranking concentrated on academic achievement.
Selinsgrove Area High School had 834 students (2013) in grades 9-12.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education reports an 80% graduation rate in 2013. The Selinsgrove Area Middle School serves students in grades 6-8 and the Selinsgrove Area Intermediate School has students grades 3-5.
Primary grades at Selinsgrove Area Elementary School are Kindergarten through 2nd grade.
The building was rented to a private school for special needs kids in 2013. In the 2007 - 2008 school year, the Selinsgrove Area School District initiated All Day Kindergarten as one approach to grade its low elementary math and reading scores.
In 2005, the Selinsgrove Area High School was ranked 306th out of 601 Pennsylvania high schools on the annual state testing.
According to Pittsburgh Business Times, which rates Pennsylvania school districts based on test scores, in 2007 Selinsgrove Area School District was ranked 235th out of 499 state enhance school districts.
According to The Daily Item, in 2007, Selinsgrove also reached adequate annual progress standards for the first time since the progress analysis began amid the 2002-03 school year. The borough building and library in Selinsgrove positioned on Pine Street.
The Selinsgrove Community Library is a enhance library that is part of the Snyder County Library system. The library is on the corner of High Street and Pine Street, one block west of Market Street in downtown Selinsgrove.
The Selinsgrove Area High School Media Center is open to the enhance one evening a week amid the school year.
Selinsgrove Area Community Foundation (SACF) was established in 1994 and is affiliated with the Central Susquehanna Community Foundation (CSCF).
SAYF awards scholarships to Selinsgrove Area school students and has provided funding to improve projects such as Kids - Grove, the Selinsgrove Pool, Snyder County Library System, and improvements at the high school's Bolig football field and track fields. The Selinsgrove Adult Band gives an annual spring concert utilizing school precinct facilities.
In 2012 the following crime statistics were reported to the Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Reporting System by the borough police department: Jim Davidson, actor and model, Selinsgrove High School Alumni On April 30, 1988 the world's longest banana split was created in Selinsgrove.
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"Selinsgrove Borough Council meeting minutes" (PDF).
"Selinsgrove Tax Exempt Report".
Pennsylvania Department of Education (December 4, 2015).
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Pittsburgh Business Times (April 12, 2016).
Pittsburgh Business Times (April 5, 2014).
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Pittsburgh Business Times (April 11, 2014).
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Selinsgrove school board OKs 2.7-mill tax hike, The Daily Item, June 27, 2007.
School Matters Chad Cohrs, Report on AYP to Selinsgrove Area School Board, August 2007 a b c "Selinsgrove Borough Recreational Facilities" (PDF).
Selinsgrove Borough Parks & Recreation Commission.
"East Snyder County Park blueprint".
Moore, Marcia., Online push to benefit Selinsgrove pool, The Daily Item, May 11, 2015 "Selinsgrove Area Community Foundation".
Pennsylvania State Police (2012).
WRBC.com, DEP Issues Final Report on Selinsgrove Environmental Assessment, May 8, 2007 "9-year-old reporter breaks crime news, posts videos, fires back at critics".
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