Colver, Pennsylvania Explained

Colver, Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Label:Colver
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Cambria
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Cambria
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:3.27
Area Land Km2:3.27
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:1.26
Area Land Sq Mi:1.26
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:904
Population Density Km2:276.26
Population Density Sq Mi:715.76
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:2172
Coordinates:40.5431°N -78.7872°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:15927
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:42-15416
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2389349
Unit Pref:Imperial

Colver is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 959 at the 2010 census.[2]

Colver got its name from B. Dawson Coleman and John Heisley Weaver, using the first three letters of Coleman and the last three letters of Weaver. Revloc is the reverse spelling of Colver.[3]

Geography

Colver is located in central Cambria County at 40.5431°N -78.7872°W (40.542992, -78.787314).[4] It is in the northwestern part of Cambria Township, 7miles northwest of Ebensburg, the county seat.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Colver CDP has a total area of 3.3km2, all land.[2]

Demographics

At the 2000 census there were 1,035 people, 416 households, and 291 families in the CDP. The population density was 837.3sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 445 housing units at an average density of 360sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.52% White, 0.10% African American and 0.39% Asian. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.29%.[5]

There were 416 households, 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.0% were non-families. 27.9% of households were made up of individuals, and 18.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.00.

The age distribution was 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.

The median household income was $23,388 and the median family income was $28,421. Males had a median income of $30,114 versus $16,944 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $12,219. About 9.9% of families and 17.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.1% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.

References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 12, 2022.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Colver CDP, Pennsylvania. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. March 30, 2015. https://archive.today/20200213052532/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4215416. February 13, 2020. dead.
  3. Book: Moyer. Armond. Moyer. Winifred. The origins of unusual place-names. 1958. Keystone Pub. Associates. 112.
  4. Web site: US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United States Census Bureau. 2011-04-23. 2011-02-12.
  5. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .

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