Worthville, Pennsylvania
# Worthville, Pennsylvania

Worthville is a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was sixty-seven at the time of the 2010 census, a decline from the figure of eighty-five, which had been tabulated in 2000.

The borough is named for General William Jenkins Worth, and is the smallest municipality in Jefferson County.

## History

Worthville was originally called "Geistown", and under the latter name, was laid out by Daniel Geist, and then named for him.

The name was changed to Worthville in 1854.

## Notable person

Jimmy Slagle, Major League Baseball player, was born in Worthville.

## Geography

Worthville is located in southwestern Jefferson County at 41°1′39″N 79°8′21″W﻿ / ﻿41.02750°N 79.13917°W﻿ / 41.02750; -79.13917 (41.027404, -79.139289). It is situated in the valley of Little Sandy Creek, a west-flowing tributary of Redbank Creek and part of the Allegheny River watershed.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.35 square miles (0.90 $km^2),$ of which 0.34 square miles (0.88 $km^2)$ are land and 0.01 square miles (0.02 $km^2),$ or 2.50%, are water.

## Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were eighty-five people, thirty-one households and twenty-four families residing in the borough.

The population density was 463.6 inhabitants per square mile $(179.0/km^2).$

There were thirty-five housing units at an average density of 190.9 per square mile $(73.7/km^2).$ The racial makeup of the borough was 95.29% White, and 4.71% from two or more races.

Of the thirty-one households, 35.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 67.7% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.4% were non-families. 12.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the borough, the population was spread out, with 28.2% under the age of eighteen, 4.7% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.2% from twenty-five to forty-four, 20.0% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 18.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-six years.

For every one hundred females there were 102.4 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 96.8 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $35,625, and the median income for a family was $28,750. Males had a median income of $23,958 versus $16,875 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $14,542.

There were no families and 2.2% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteen and none of those over sixty-four.

