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Wellersburg, Pennsylvania
Borough
Entering Wellersburg from Maryland
Location of Wellersburg in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
Location of Wellersburg in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
Wellersburg, Pennsylvania is located in Pennsylvania
Wellersburg, Pennsylvania
Wellersburg, Pennsylvania
Location in Pennsylvania
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Somerset
Settled 1830
Incorporated 1857
Government
 • Type Borough Council
Area
 • Total 0.81 sq mi (2.10 km2)
 • Land 0.81 sq mi (2.10 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,348 ft (411 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 210 Increase
 • Estimate 
(2021)
208
 • Density 211.11/sq mi (81.49/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip code
15564
Area code(s) 814
FIPS code 42-82128
GNIS feature ID 1215601

Wellersburg is a borough that is located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The population was 181 at the time of 2010 census.

Geography

Map of Wellersburg from 1860 Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Map by Edward L Walker
Wellersburg, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1860 (note orientation of map: north at bottom)

Wellersburg is located at the extreme southern end of Southampton Township, along its border with Maryland.

Pennsylvania Route 160 passes through Wellersburg as it runs between the Maryland border to the south and Southampton Township to the north.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1860 465
1870 290 −37.6%
1880 226 −22.1%
1890 183 −19.0%
1900 158 −13.7%
1910 193 22.2%
1920 247 28.0%
1930 315 27.5%
1940 357 13.3%
1950 369 3.4%
1960 303 −17.9%
1970 266 −12.2%
1980 265 −0.4%
1990 213 −19.6%
2000 176 −17.4%
2010 181 2.8%
2020 210 16.0%
2021 (est.) 208 14.9%
Sources:

At the time of the 2000 census, there were 176 people residing in eighty-four households in the borough, including fifty-one families.

The population density was 223.4 inhabitants per square mile (86.3/km2). There were ninety housing units at an average density of 114.2 per square mile (44.1/km2).

The racial makeup of the borough was 98.86% White, and 1.14% from two or more races.

Of the eighty-four households that were documented during the census, 15.5% had children who were under the age of eighteen living with them, 45.2% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.1% were non-families. Additionally, 36.9% of households were one-person and 17.9% were one-person households with someone living alone who was aged sixty-five or older.

The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.63.

The age distribution of residents was 15.9% who were under the age of eighteen, 6.8% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 28.4% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 27.3% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 21.6% who were aged sixty-five or older. The median age was forty-four years.

For every one hundred females, there were 83.3 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 87.3 males.

The median household income was $21,111 and the median family income was $23,750. Males had a median income of $24,688 compared with that of $18,750 for females.

The per capita income for the borough was $14,495.

Approximately 4.3% of families and 5.4% of the population were living below the poverty line, including those who were aged sixty-five or older. No one under the age of eighteen was reported as living in poverty.

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