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HISTORY Piedmont is located along the North Branch Potomac River at the foot of the Allegheny Mountains as its name suggests. The town was also known as Mount Carbon due to the persuasiveness of the officers of the New Creek Company, a corporation chartered to construct Canals , build Railroads , purchase lands, and to carry on manufacturing. The officials convinced the Baltimore And Ohio , the Burlington And Mount Holly , the Boston And Lowell , and the Long Island railroads to use Coal instead of wood in the firing of their Locomotives . The first coal used was mined in the mountains surrounding Piedmont. In 1888 , William Luke established the West Virginia Paper Company (Now Westvaco ) on 50 acres (202,000 m&2) of land known as '''West Piedmont''' (now Luke , Maryland ). The company remains a major economic factor in the area. GEOGRAPHY Piedmont is located at 39°28'49" North, 79°2'53" West (39.480232, -79.048086). According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 1.1 Km&2 (0.4 Mi&2 ). 1.1 km&2 (0.4 mi&2) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water. DEMOGRAPHICS As of the Census of 2000, there were 1,014 people, 423 households, and 266 families residing in the town. The Population Density was 932.2/km&2 (2,413.4/mi&2). There were 499 housing units at an average density of 458.7/km&2 (1,187.7/mi&2). The racial makeup of the town was 74.36% White , 21.79% African American , 0.20% Native American , 0.00% Asian , 0.00% Pacific Islander , 1.78% from Other Races , and 1.87% from two or more races. 2.07% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 423 households out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.1% were Married Couples living together, 20.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families. 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.00. In the town the population was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males. The median income for a household in the town was $21,190, and the median income for a family was $26,964. Males had a median income of $21,938 versus $18,250 for females. The Per Capita Income for the town was $11,678. 30.7% of the population and 24.7% of families were below the Poverty Line . 41.3% of those under the age of 18 and 23.5% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. WELL KNOWN AND FAMOUS PIEDMONTIANS EXTERNAL LINKS |
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