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{{About||the census-designated place in Mifflin County|Lumber City, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Lumber City, Pennsylvania
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|settlement_type = former [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|Borough]]
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|image_caption=[[PA 729]] northbound and church in Lumber City
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|map_caption1 = Location of Clearfield County in Pennsylvania
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|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Clearfield]]
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|government_type = Borough Council
|leader_title = Mayor
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1835
|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = 1857
|established_title2 = Dissolved
|established_date2 = 2014
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|area_total_km2 = 7.5
|area_land_km2 = 7.1
|area_water_km2 = 0.4
|area_total_sq_mi = 2.7
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|population_total = 76
|population_density_km2 = 10.7
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|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|coordinates = {{coord|40|55|57|N|78|34|48|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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|area_code = [[Area code 814|814]]
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'''Lumber City''' is a former [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Clearfield County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 76 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4245448| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Lumber City borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=May 4, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213081948/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4245448| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>
The borough ceased to be a separate municipality on January 6, 2014, and became part of [[Ferguson Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Ferguson Township]].
==Geography==
Lumber City is located southwest of the center of Clearfield County at {{coord|40|55|57|N|78|34|48|W|type:city}} (40.932590, -78.580051),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> on the north side of the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]]. It is bordered to the north by [[Penn Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Penn Township]] and to the northeast by [[Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Pike Township]].
[[Pennsylvania Route 969]] passes through the community following the West Branch, leading northeastward (downstream) {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Curwensville, Pennsylvania|Curwensville]] and west (upstream) {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[U.S. Route 219 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 219]] at Bells Landing. [[Pennsylvania Route 729]] crosses the West Branch at Lumber City and leads north {{convert|4|mi|0}} to US 219 at [[Grampian, Pennsylvania|Grampian]] and south {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Glen Hope, Pennsylvania|Glen Hope]].
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough of Lumber City had a total area of {{convert|7.5|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|7.1|sqkm|order=flip}} was land and {{convert|0.4|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 5.01%, was water, prior to its merger with Ferguson Township. The upstream end of [[Curwensville Lake]] on the West Branch is at Lumber City.
==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 192
|1870= 230
|1880= 298
|1890= 266
|1900= 224
|1910= 363
|1920= 383
|1930= 264
|1940= 300
|1950= 262
|1960= 164
|1970= 57
|1980= 117
|1990= 83
|2000= 86
|2010= 76
|estyear=2015
|estimate=75
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2015">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2015/SUB-EST2015.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015|accessdate=July 2, 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20160602200744/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2015/SUB-EST2015.html|archivedate=June 2, 2016}}</ref>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602093844/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=2 June 2013}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 86 people, 34 households, and 28 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|31.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 40 housing units at an average density of 14.7 per square mile (5.7/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the borough was 95.35% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], and 4.65% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.16% of the population.
There were 34 households, out of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.6% were non-families. 14.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.79.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 24.4% under the age of 18, 2.3% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 33.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $41,875, and the median income for a family was $47,813. Males had a median income of $31,875 versus $20,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $15,655. There were 14.3% of families and 10.2% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 13.6% of under eighteens and 38.5% of those over 64.
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{{Clearfield County, Pennsylvania}}
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[[Category:Populated places established in 1835]]
[[Category:Former municipalities in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2014]]
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