Mineral Point, Pennsylvania | |
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  Mineral Point  Mineral Point | |
| Coordinates: 40°22′46″N78°50′07″W / 40.37944°N 78.83528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Cambria |
| Township | East Taylor |
| Elevation | 1,375 ft (419 m) |
| Population | 2 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 814 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1181316 [1] |
Mineral Point is an unincorporated community in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1]
Mineral Point was destroyed in the Great Flood of 1889 on May 31 when the South Fork Dam failed, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River. Mineral Point, located approximately one mile (1.6 km) below the Conemaugh Viaduct, was the first populated place to be hit by the rapid waters from the former Lake Conemaugh. About 30 families lived within the village of Mineral Point. After the flood, there were no structures, no topsoil, no sub-soil – only the bedrock was left. Approximately 16 citizens of Mineral Point perished in the flood. [2]
Cambria County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 133,472. Its county seat is Ebensburg. The county was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset counties and later organized in 1807. It was named for the nation of Wales, which in Latin is known as "Cambria".
Conemaugh Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,943 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.
East Taylor Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, The population was 2,726 at the 2010 census, unchanged since the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Johnstown is the largest city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 census. Located 57 miles (92 km) east of Pittsburgh, it is the principal city of the Johnstown metropolitan area, which includes Cambria County and had 133,472 residents in 2020. It is also part of the Johnstown–Somerset combined statistical area, which includes both Cambria and Somerset Counties.
South Fork is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 928 at the 2010 census, down from 1,138 at the 2000 census.
The Johnstown Flood, sometimes referred to locally as Great Flood of 1889, occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River, 14 miles (23 km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. The dam ruptured after several days of extremely heavy rainfall, releasing 14.55 million cubic meters of water. With a volumetric flow rate that temporarily equaled the average flow rate of the Mississippi River, the flood killed 2,208 people and accounted for US$17,000,000 in damage.
The Johnstown Flood National Memorial is a unit of the United States National Park Service. Established in 1964 through legislation signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, it pays tribute to the thousands of victims of the Johnstown Flood, who were injured or killed on May 31, 1889 when the South Fork Dam ruptured.
The Conemaugh River is a 70-mile (110 km) long tributary of the Kiskiminetas River in Westmoreland, Indiana, and Cambria counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The name means 'Otter Creek', originating from the Unami-Lenape language word kwənəmuxkw 'otter'.
The Little Conemaugh River is a tributary of the Conemaugh River, approximately 30 mi (48 km) long, in western Pennsylvania in the United States.
Blacklick Creek is a tributary of the Conemaugh River, approximately 30 mi (48 km) long, in western Pennsylvania in the United States.
The South Fork Dam was an earthenwork dam forming Lake Conemaugh, an artificial body of water near South Fork, Pennsylvania, United States. On May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam failed catastrophically and 20 million tons of water from Lake Conemaugh burst through and raced 14 miles (23 km) downstream, causing the Johnstown Flood.
Livermore, Pennsylvania is an abandoned town that was located on the Conemaugh River between Blairsville and Saltsburg in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. The town was abandoned and partially razed in the early 1950s following authorization by the Flood Control Act of 1936 and Flood Control Act of 1938 for construction of the Conemaugh Dam and Lake to prevent flooding of Pittsburgh. Much of the former town site now lies under the reservoir and floodplains.
The South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club was a Pennsylvania corporation that operated an exclusive and secretive retreat at a mountain lake near South Fork, Pennsylvania, for more than 50 extremely wealthy men and their families.
The Cambria Iron Company of Johnstown, Pennsylvania was a major 19th-century industrial producer of iron and steel founded in 1852. The company had the nation's largest steel foundry in the 1870s and was renamed the Cambria Steel Company in 1898. The company used many innovations in the steelmaking process, including those of William Kelly and Henry Bessemer. The company was acquired in 1923 by the Bethlehem Steel Company. The company's historic facilities, extending some 12 miles (19 km) along the Conemaugh and Little Conemaugh Rivers, are a National Historic Landmark District.
Daniel Johnson Morrell was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Conemaugh Health System, a member of Duke LifePoint Healthcare, is the largest health care provider in west central Pennsylvania, with multiple hospitals, physician offices, and outpatient centers in eleven counties. Conemaugh Health System is located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
St. Michael is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its ZIP code is 15951. It was formerly part of the St. Michael-Sidman census-designated place in Cambria County, before splitting into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census. As of the 2010 census the population of St. Michael was 408.
The Johnstown flood of 1977 was a major flood which began on the night of July 19, 1977, when heavy rainfall caused widespread flash flooding in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, including the city of Johnstown and the Conemaugh Valley.
The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 26 are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Bedford, Blair, Cambria, and Somerset Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States providing hunting, bird watching, equestrian, snowmobiling, and other activities.
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