Cambria County, Pennsylvania




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Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Cambria County Courthouse - Ebensburg, PA.jpg
Cambria County Courthouse


Seal of Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Seal

Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Cambria County
Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania

Map of the United States highlighting Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's location within the U.S.
Founded November 2, 1807
Named for Latin name of Wales
Seat Ebensburg
Largest city Johnstown
Area
 • Total 694 sq mi (1,797 km2)
 • Land 688 sq mi (1,782 km2)
 • Water 5.3 sq mi (14 km2), 0.8%
Population (est.)
 • (2017) 133,054
 • Density 198/sq mi (76/km2)
Congressional districts
13th, 15th
Time zone
Eastern: UTC−5/−4
Website www.co.cambria.pa.us

Footnotes:

Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated May 25, 1982[1]





Cambria Iron Company, Johnstown, 1987


Cambria County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 143,679.[2] Its county seat is Ebensburg.[3] The county was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset Counties and later organized in 1807.[4] It was named for the nation of Wales, which in Latin is known as "Cambria".


Cambria County comprises the Johnstown, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Johnstown-Somerset, PA Combined Statistical Area.




Contents






  • 1 Geography


    • 1.1 Adjacent counties


    • 1.2 National protected areas


    • 1.3 Major highways




  • 2 Demographics


  • 3 Law and government


    • 3.1 County commissioners


    • 3.2 Other county offices


    • 3.3 State Senate


    • 3.4 State House of Representatives


    • 3.5 United States House of Representatives


    • 3.6 United States Senate




  • 4 Education


    • 4.1 Colleges and universities


    • 4.2 Community, junior, and technical colleges


    • 4.3 Public school districts


    • 4.4 Private schools


    • 4.5 Vo Tech schools




  • 5 Recreation


  • 6 Communities


    • 6.1 City


    • 6.2 Boroughs


    • 6.3 Townships


    • 6.4 Census-designated places


    • 6.5 Unincorporated communities


    • 6.6 Population ranking




  • 7 See also


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Geography


According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 694 square miles (1,800 km2), of which 688 square miles (1,780 km2) is land and 5.3 square miles (14 km2) (0.8%) is water.[5]



Adjacent counties




  • Clearfield County (north)


  • Blair County (east)


  • Bedford County (southeast)


  • Somerset County (south)


  • Westmoreland County (southwest)


  • Indiana County (west)



National protected areas




  • Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site (part)

  • Johnstown Flood National Memorial



Major highways





  • US 22


  • US 219


  • US 422


  • PA 36


  • PA 53


  • PA 56


  • PA 160


  • PA 164


  • PA 240


  • PA 271


  • PA 403


  • PA 553


  • PA 756


  • PA 865


  • PA 869


  • PA 985




Demographics















































































































































Historical population
Census Pop.

1810 2,117
1820 3,287 55.3%
1830 7,076 115.3%
1840 11,256 59.1%
1850 17,773 57.9%
1860 29,155 64.0%
1870 36,569 25.4%
1880 46,811 28.0%
1890 66,375 41.8%
1900 104,837 57.9%
1910 166,131 58.5%
1920 197,839 19.1%
1930 203,146 2.7%
1940 213,459 5.1%
1950 209,541 −1.8%
1960 203,283 −3.0%
1970 186,785 −8.1%
1980 183,263 −1.9%
1990 163,029 −11.0%
2000 152,598 −6.4%
2010 143,679 −5.8%
Est. 2017 133,054 [6] −7.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9]
1990-2000[10] 2010-2017[2]

As of the census[11] of 2000, there were 152,598 people, 60,531 households, and 40,616 families residing in the county. The population density was 222 people per square mile (86/km²). There were 65,796 housing units at an average density of 96 per square mile (37/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 95.80% White, 2.83% Black or African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.25% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. 0.89% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 27.7% were of German, 10.2% Irish, 10.1% Italian, 10.0% Polish, 6.5% Slovak, 6.2% American and 5.6% English ancestry.


There were 60,531 households out of which 27.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.80% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.90% were non-families. 29.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.96.


In the county, the population was spread out with 21.00% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 26.20% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 19.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 94.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.30 males.



Law and government



Presidential elections results



















































































































































































































Presidential elections results[12]
Year

Republican

Democratic

Third parties

2016

66.5% 42,258
29.7% 18,867
3.9% 2,464

2012

58.1% 35,163
40.1% 24,249
1.8% 1,114

2008
48.5% 31,995

49.2% 32,451
2.4% 1,560

2004

50.8% 34,048
48.7% 32,591
0.5% 344

2000
46.5% 28,001

50.3% 30,308
3.3% 1,977

1996
34.3% 20,341

51.3% 30,391
14.4% 8,543

1992
31.3% 20,770

51.8% 34,334
16.9% 11,245

1988
39.7% 25,626

59.7% 38,517
0.6% 409

1984
44.5% 32,173

55.1% 39,865
0.4% 258

1980
45.9% 33,072

50.1% 36,121
4.1% 2,938

1976
45.0% 32,469

53.8% 38,797
1.2% 862

1972

60.1% 43,825
38.3% 27,950
1.6% 1,200

1968
42.1% 33,280

52.1% 41,225
5.9% 4,645

1964
32.2% 26,281

67.6% 55,183
0.2% 134

1960
41.4% 37,062

58.5% 52,409
0.2% 151

1956

52.6% 46,373
47.3% 41,753
0.1% 123

1952
43.5% 39,294

56.3% 50,774
0.2% 182

1948
39.4% 27,725

59.0% 41,533
1.7% 1,164

1944
41.4% 28,203

58.2% 39,676
0.4% 264

1940
41.3% 30,306

58.4% 42,894
0.3% 201

1936
33.7% 24,378

64.6% 46,687
1.7% 1,239

1932
41.8% 21,351

55.1% 28,197
3.1% 1,597

1928

51.8% 29,494
47.5% 27,024
0.8% 427

1924

51.8% 24,728
28.4% 13,563
19.8% 9,473

1920

63.9% 19,629
22.7% 6,961
13.4% 4,122

1916

49.8% 10,688
43.8% 9,416
6.4% 1,378

1912
15.0% 3,252
33.5% 7,282

51.5% 11,191

1908

57.9% 12,325
37.5% 7,979
4.7% 992

1904

61.8% 13,109
34.1% 7,232
4.1% 879

1900

58.0% 10,476
39.7% 7,168
2.3% 420

1896

55.3% 8,865
42.7% 6,843
2.0% 314

1892
47.4% 6,020

49.3% 6,259
3.3% 417

1888
47.1% 5,517

50.8% 5,948
2.1% 246



As of November 2008, there were 92,456 registered voters in Cambria County.[13]




  • Democratic: 57,000 (61.65%)


  • Republican: 28,285 (30.59%)

  • Other Parties / No Party: 7,171 (7.76%)


Despite being overwhelmingly Democratic in registration and the Democrats holding all row offices, Cambria has been a swing county in statewide elections since the 1990s, with all four statewide winners carrying it in 2008. Cambria County is one of Pennsylvania's most competitive counties. That is primarily due to its mixed urban-rural ratio.


Al Gore received 50.3% of the county vote to 46.4% for George W. Bush in 2000, but Bush carried it with 50.8% of the vote to 48.7% for John Kerry in 2004–only the third time since 1928 that the county had supported a Republican for president. Cambria returned to the Democratic Presidential column in 2008, with Barack Obama receiving 49.4% of the vote to 48.7% for John McCain. In 2011 the GOP won a majority on the county commissioners board and in 2012 gave Mitt Romney 58.1% of the vote to Barack Obama's 40.1%.


In 2016, Donald Trump carried the county with 66.5% of the vote to Hillary Clinton's 29.7%, winning the county by 36.8%. This broke the modern record for margin of victory in the county of 35.4% set by Lyndon Johnson in 1964.[12]



County commissioners



  • Mark Wissinger, Republican

  • William Smith, Democrat

  • Thomas C. Chernisky, Chairman, Democrat



Other county offices



  • District Attorney, Kelly Callihan, Democrat

  • Clerk of Courts, Susan Kuhar, Democrat

  • Controller, Ed Cernic Jr., Democrat

  • Coroner, Jeffrey Lees, Democrat

  • Prothonotary, Patty Berkebile, Democrat

  • Recorder of Deeds, Ray Wendekier, Democrat

  • Register of Wills, Patty Sharbaugh, Democrat

  • Sheriff, Bob Kolar, Democrat

  • Treasurer, Barbara J. Kline, Democrat























































































Cambria County vote
by party in presidential elections
[12]
Year

Republican

Democratic

2016

66.5% 42,258
29.7% 18,867

2012

58.1% 35,163
40.1% 24,249

2008
48.5% 31,995

49.2% 32,451

2004

50.8% 34,048
48.7% 32,591

2000
46.5% 28,001

50.3% 30,308

1996
34.3% 20,341

51.3% 30,391

1992
31.3% 20,770

51.7% 34,334

1988
39.7% 25,626

59.7% 38,517

1984
44.5% 32,173

55.1% 39,865

1980
45.8% 33,072

50.1% 36,121

1976
45.0% 32,469

53.8% 38,797

1972

60.1% 43,825
38.3% 27,950

1968
42.0% 33,280

52.1% 41,225

1964
32.2% 26,281

67.6% 55,183

1960
41.4% 37,062

58.5% 52,409


State Senate



  • Wayne Langerholc, Republican, Pennsylvania's 35th Senatorial District


State House of Representatives























District Representative Party
71 Bryan Barbin
Democrat
72 Frank Burns
Democrat
73 Thomas Sankey
Republican


United States House of Representatives


















District Representative Party
13 John Joyce
Republican
15 Glenn Thompson
Republican


United States Senate















Senator Party
Pat Toomey
Republican
Bob Casey
Democrat


Education



Colleges and universities




  • Christ the Saviour Seminary, Johnstown

  • Mount Aloysius College

  • Saint Francis University


  • University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown [1]

  • (TTT) Tipple Town Tech.



Community, junior, and technical colleges




Map of Cambria County, Pennsylvania School Districts



  • Cambria-Rowe Business College

  • Pennsylvania Highlands Community College


  • Commonwealth Technical Institute, Johnstown


  • Wrightco Technologies Technical Training Institute, Ebensburg



Public school districts



  • Blacklick Valley School District

  • Cambria Heights School District

  • Central Cambria School District

  • Conemaugh Valley School District

  • Ferndale Area School District

  • Forest Hills School District


  • Glendale School District (also in Clearfield County)

  • Greater Johnstown School District

  • Northern Cambria School District


  • Penn Cambria School District (also in Blair County)

  • Portage Area School District

  • Richland School District

  • Westmont Hilltop School District


  • Windber Area School District (also in Somerset County)


There are also 11 public,cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania that are available for free statewide, to children K-12. See: Education in Pennsylvania.



Private schools



  • All Saints Catholic School, Cresson

  • Appalachian Youth Service

  • Arbutus Park Manor, Johnstown

  • Bishop Carroll High School (Ebensburg, Pennsylvania)


  • Bishop McCort High School, Johnstown

  • Cambria County Child Development Center, Ebensburg

  • Cambria County Christian School, Johnstown

  • Carousel Learning & Development Center, Johnstown

  • Cathedral Catholic Academy, Johnstown

  • Center for Achievement

  • Childrens Express Inc, Cresson

  • Easter Seal Day Care Center, Johnstown

  • Genesis Christian Academy, Johnstown

  • Holy Name School, Ebensburg

  • Houston House, Johnstown

  • Laurel Highlands Therapeutic Academy, Ebensburg

  • Little Learning Lamp, Johnstown


  • Northern Cambria Catholic School, Nicktown

  • Occupational Preparation School, Ebensburg

  • Our Mother of Sorrow School, Johnstown


  • Richland Academy, Johnstown

  • Sean Davison School of Driving, Lilly

  • St Michael School, Loretto

  • St Sophia Orthodox Christian Academy, Johnstown


According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Ed Names and Addresses, July 1, 2015



Vo Tech schools



  • Admiral Peary Vocational Technical School

  • Greater Johnstown Career Technical Center



Recreation


There are two Pennsylvania state parks in Cambria County.




  • Prince Gallitzin State Park is named for Demetrius Gallitzin, a Russian nobleman turned Catholic priest who was instrumental in the settlement of Cambria County.


  • Laurel Ridge State Park surrounds a 70-mile (113-km) hiking trail that begins in Cambria County and ends at Ohiopyle State Park in Fayette County.



Communities




Map of Cambria County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Cities and Boroughs (red), Townships (white), and Census-designated places (blue).


Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities, boroughs, townships, and, in at most two cases, towns. The following cities, boroughs and townships are located in Cambria County:



City


  • Johnstown


Boroughs




  • Ashville

  • Brownstown

  • Carrolltown

  • Cassandra

  • Chest Springs

  • Cresson

  • Daisytown

  • Dale

  • East Conemaugh


  • Ebensburg (county seat)

  • Ehrenfeld

  • Ferndale

  • Franklin

  • Gallitzin

  • Geistown

  • Hastings

  • Lilly

  • Lorain

  • Loretto

  • Nanty-Glo

  • Northern Cambria

  • Patton

  • Portage

  • Sankertown

  • Scalp Level

  • South Fork

  • Southmont

  • Summerhill


  • Tunnelhill (partly in Blair County)

  • Vintondale

  • Westmont

  • Wilmore




Townships




  • Adams

  • Allegheny

  • Barr

  • Blacklick

  • Cambria

  • Chest

  • Clearfield

  • Conemaugh

  • Cresson

  • Croyle

  • Dean

  • East Carroll

  • East Taylor

  • Elder

  • Gallitzin

  • Jackson

  • Lower Yoder

  • Middle Taylor

  • Munster

  • Portage

  • Reade

  • Richland

  • Stonycreek

  • Summerhill

  • Susquehanna

  • Upper Yoder

  • Washington

  • West Carroll

  • West Taylor

  • White




Census-designated places


Census-designated places are geographical areas designated by the U.S. Census Bureau for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other unincorporated communities, such as villages, may be listed here as well.




  • Beaverdale

  • Belmont

  • Blandburg

  • Colver

  • Dunlo

  • Elim

  • Mundys Corner

  • Oakland

  • Revloc

  • Riverside

  • Salix

  • Sidman

  • Spring Hill

  • St. Michael

  • University of Pittsburgh (Johnstown)

  • Vinco




Unincorporated communities



  • Coupon

  • Flinton

  • New Germany

  • Nicktown

  • Twin Rocks

  • Saint Benedict



Population ranking


The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Cambria County.[14]


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Rank
City/Town/etc.
Municipal type
Population (2010 Census)
1

Johnstown
City
20,978
2

Westmont
Borough
5,181
3

Northern Cambria
Borough
3,835
4

Elim
CDP
3,727
5

† Ebensburg
Borough
3,351
6

Belmont
CDP
2,784
7

Nanty Glo
Borough
2,734
8

Portage
Borough
2,638
9

Geistown
Borough
2,467
10

Southmont
Borough
2,284
11

Patton
Borough
1,769
12

Cresson
Borough
1,711
13

Gallitzin
Borough
1,668
14

Mundys Corner
CDP
1,651
15

Ferndale
Borough
1,636
16

Oakland
CDP
1,578
17

University of Pittsburgh (Johnstown)
CDP
1,572
18

Vinco
CDP
1,305
19

Loretto
Borough
1,302
20

Hastings
Borough
1,278
21

Dale
Borough
1,234
22

East Conemaugh
Borough
1,220
23

Salix
CDP
1,149
24

Beaverdale
CDP
1,035
25

Lilly
Borough
968
26

Colver
CDP
959
27

South Fork
Borough
928
28

Carrolltown
Borough
853
29

Spring Hill
CDP
839
30

Scalp Level
Borough
778
31

Lorain
Borough
759
32

Brownstown
Borough
744
33

Sankertown
Borough
675
34

Revloc
CDP
570
35

Summerhill
Borough
490
36

Sidman
CDP
431
37

Vintondale
Borough
414
38

St. Michael
CDP
408
39

Blandburg
CDP
402
40

Riverside
CDP
381
41

Tunnelhill (partially in Blair County)
Borough
363
42

Dunlo
CDP
342
43

Daisytown
Borough
326
44

Franklin
Borough
323
45

Ehrenfeld
Borough
228
46

Ashville
Borough
227
47

Wilmore
Borough
225
48

Chest Springs
Borough
149
49

Cassandra
Borough
147


See also




  • Cambria Somerset Authority - Water supply authority for Cambria County and Somerset County

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambria County, Pennsylvania



References





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  14. ^ 2010 Census Archived December 21, 2013, at WebCite




External links







  • Cambria County official website


  • Cambria County Historical Society housed in the A.W. Buck House


  • Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Map of Cambria County showing cities, boroughs, unincorporated villages, and townships.[permanent dead link]





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