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New Castle is the county seat of Lawrence County which has a population of approximately 91,000. In 1998, New Castle was a host city for the History Channel Great Race. Over 15,000 spectators gathered downtown for the festivities. The city celebrated its 200th birthday in 1998 with a downtown fireworks festival that attracted over 30,000 people.
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]
New Castle Area School District is a public school district located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. The district serves the city of New Castle and Taylor Township. New Castle Area School District encompasses approximately 14 square miles (36 km 2). According to 2017 Census Estimates, the district served 22,069 residents, down from 23,273 ...
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In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $17,192, while the median family income was $46,306. [3] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 [4] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.
The New Castle Youth Development Center (NCYDC), a juvenile detention center of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, was located in the township. The facility, which opened in 1969, had 236,444-square-foot (21,966.4 m 2 ) of space in 13 buildings, and almost 150-acre (61 ha) of land.
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.
Shenango High School. Shenango Area School District is a public school district located in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States.The district serves Shenango Township and South New Castle Borough. 700 students currently attend the district's elementary school, while an additional 750 are part of the junior-senior high school.