Cross Roads, Pennsylvania

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Cross Roads, Pennsylvania
Borough
Why they call it Cross Roads
Why they call it Cross Roads
Cross Roads, Pennsylvania is located in Pennsylvania
Cross Roads, Pennsylvania
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Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County York
Settled 1844
Incorporated 1899
Government
 • Type Borough Council
Area
 • Total 1.9 sq mi (5 km2)
Elevation 764 ft (233 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 512
 • Density 270/sq mi (100/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Zip code 17322
Area code(s) 717

Cross Roads is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 512 at the 2010 census.[1] The cross roads in the borough is where Church Road (SR 2050) intersects Cross Roads Avenue (SR 2079) and are joined by Century Farms Road. East of the intersection Century Farms Road is numbered SR 2050 and Church Road is unnumbered.

Geography

Cross Roads is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (39.814737, -76.573146).[2]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1880 47
1900 167
1910 158 −5.4%
1920 144 −8.9%
1930 153 6.3%
1940 175 14.4%
1950 178 1.7%
1960 166 −6.7%
1970 163 −1.8%
1980 267 63.8%
1990 322 20.6%
2000 518 60.9%
2010 512 −1.2%
Est. 2014 513 [3] 0.2%
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As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 518 people, 175 households, and 149 families residing in the borough. The population density was 275.5 people per square mile (106.4/km²). There were 185 housing units at an average density of 98.4 per square mile (38.0/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 96.14% White, 2.90% African American, 0.19% Asian, and 0.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.39% of the population.

There were 175 households out of which 44.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.7% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.3% were non-families. 10.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.19.

In the borough the population was spread out with 31.1% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 33.6% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 6.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $57,750, and the median income for a family was $60,556. Males had a median income of $40,000 versus $31,875 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $20,063. About 2.5% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Education

Cross Roads Borough is served by the South Eastern School District which provides public education.

References

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