Brave, Pennsylvania

Brave, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Kents Chapel United Methodist Church
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Coordinates: 39°43′35″N80°15′33″W / 39.72639°N 80.25917°W / 39.72639; -80.25917
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Greene
Township	Wayne
Area [1]
• Total	0.89 sq mi (2.31 km2)
• Land	0.89 sq mi (2.31 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	965 ft (294 m)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	142
• Density	159.19/sq mi (61.46/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	15316
FIPS code	42-08312
GNIS feature ID	2629999

Brave is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies in Pennsylvania's southwestern corner near the West Virginia border. As of the 2010 census the population was 201. ^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	201		—
2020	142		−29.4%
U.S. Decennial Census [4] [2]

History

During the early 1900s, a cooling system was built on the Dunkard Creek by People's Natural Gas Company to facilitate its operations at a compressor station in Brave. This system consisted of pipes which were placed at the creek's bottom, plus two dams built to provide a consistent flow of water supply to and through the cooling system, enabling the compressor station to cool the gas which was processed there. Although the compressor station was closed in 1959, the apparatus from that cooling system was left in place, causing a series of environmental issues. Among the problems, the presence of the system prevented fish from migrating, and was also found to have contributed to a golden algae bloom, which was responsible for a massive fish kill that destroyed most of the aquatic life along a 43-mile stretch of the stream in 2009. In response, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service contacted Ed and Verna Presley, the present-day owners of the land where the lower dam was located, and Anderson Fittings, the owner of the upper dam and brass plant, in 2010 to arrange to demolish both dams. The project, which was made possible with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, was initially estimated to cost between $77,000 and $150,000. ^[5]

Skylar Neese was murdered on July 6, 2012 in a site in Wayne Township, near Brave. ^[6]

Education

The school district for all of Wayne Township is Central Greene School District. ^[7]

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Brave CDP, Pennsylvania". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 3, 2017.^{[ dead link ]}
4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
5. "Back to Nature." Washington, Pennsylvania: Observer Reporter, October 28, 2010.
6. "Bench stolen from Skylar Neese memorial site near Brave". Observer-Reporter. 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
7. "Wayne Township." Greene County. Retrieved on November 16, 2018.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brave Census Designated Place