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New Castle is a city in and the county seat of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States.Located along the Shenango River at the mouth of Neshannock Creek, it is 43 miles (69 km) northwest of Pittsburgh near the Pennsylvania–Ohio border, approximately 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Youngstown, Ohio.
The North Hill Historic District is a residential neighborhood in the city of New Castle, Pennsylvania, that was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [2] The 91-block district consists of roughly 450 acres (1.8 km 2 ) of land that sit slightly north of New Castle's business district. [ 2 ]
The United States Office of Management and Budget [14] has designated Lawrence County as the New Castle, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 U.S. census [ 15 ] the micropolitan area ranked 3rd most populous in the State of Pennsylvania and the 48th most populous in the United States with a population of 91,108.
Named for the famous coal city Newcastle upon Tyne in England, this area contains large veins of anthracite coal and has a long history of coal mining; strip mining continues there to the present day. The area comprising New Castle Township was first settled by Europeans around 1800. The township was formed in 1847 from part of Norwegian Township.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Pennsylvania on the National Register of Historic Places.These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Pennsylvania Route 18 (Wilmington Road) runs through the CDP, leading south into New Castle and north 18 miles (29 km) to Hermitage. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 0.89 square miles (2.3 km 2 ), of which 1.7 acres (6,884 m 2 ), or 0.30%, are water.
Mahoningtown, also known as "Motown", is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the city of New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States. Though it is named for the nearby Mahoning River, the city actually sits on the banks of the Shenango River. The two rivers merge and become the Beaver River just south of the city.
The park was originally known as Big Run Falls when the site was purchased by Col. Levi Brinton in 1892. [1] At the turn of the twentieth century, power companies realized they could make profits developing amusement parks, so in 1897, the New Castle Traction Company (later the Pennsylvania Power Company) bought the property from Col. Brinton. [1]