New Ringgold, Pennsylvania

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New Ringgold, Pennsylvania
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Location of New Ringgold in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
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New Ringgold (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°41′13″N75°59′53″W / 40.68694°N 75.99806°W / 40.68694; -75.99806
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Schuylkill
Settled1867
Incorporated1877
Government
  TypeBorough Council
Area
[1]
  Total0.80 sq mi (2.07 km2)
  Land0.80 sq mi (2.07 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total253
  Density316.65/sq mi (122.27/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
17960
Area codes 570 and 272
FIPS code 42-54016

New Ringgold is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 253 at the time of the 2020 census. [3]

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ZIP Code 17960 serves the borough and portions of East Brunswick Township and West Penn Township. The town serves as a crossroad between state routes 443 and 895. The crossroads create a minor problem for trucks turning onto PA 895, because there is no stop light and cars are not required to stop.

The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad runs through the heart of the town.

Geography

New Ringgold is located at 40°41′13″N75°59′53″W / 40.68694°N 75.99806°W / 40.68694; -75.99806 (40.686969, -75.998000). [4]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), all of it land.

The Little Schuylkill River flows southward through New Ringgold to meet the Schuylkill River in Port Clinton.

The borough is served by Routes 443 and 895.

New Ringgold has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) and average monthly temperatures range from 27.7°F in January to 72.6°F in July. The hardiness zone is 6b.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1880 100
1890 240140.0%
1900 228−5.0%
1910 26616.7%
1920 223−16.2%
1930 2459.9%
1940 31327.8%
1950 302−3.5%
1960 3144.0%
1970 3140.0%
1980 301−4.1%
1990 3154.7%
2000 291−7.6%
2010 276−5.2%
2020 253−8.3%
2021 (est.)253 [3] 0.0%
Sources: [5] [6] [7] [2]

As of the census [6] of 2000, there were 291 people, 118 households, and 82 families residing in the borough.

The population density was 340.4 inhabitants per square mile (131.4/km2). There were 128 housing units at an average density of 149.7 per square mile (57.8/km2).

The racial makeup of the borough was 99.66% White and 0.34% African American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.69% of the population.

There were 118 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 55.1% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 21.3% under the age of eighteen, 8.2% from eighteen to twenty-four, 31.3% from twenty-five to forty-four, 23.0% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 16.2% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-seven years.

For every one hundred females there were 90.2 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 92.4 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $27,083, and the median income for a family was $32,250. Males had a median income of $31,500 compared with that of $19,167 for females.

The per capita income for the borough was $13,492.

Roughly 11.1% of families and 10.2% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 13.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 7.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

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