History
Inside 1794, one mile (Single.Sixer klick) east of Donora, a Whiskey Insurrectionists held several meetings at Fells Church.

Between October 26 and October 31, 1948 an air inversion trapped fluoride effluent from a Zinc Works. "In three days, 18 people died... After the inversion lifted, another 50 died. Hundreds more finished the rest of their lives with damaged lungs and hearts. But another 40 years would pass before the whole truth about Donora's bad air made public-health history." (A Earth & Mail, December 7, 2002, book view by Andrew Nikiforuk After Smoke Ran Such as A lake by Devra Davis) Watch likewise: air pollution.

Donora is the birthplace of baseball stars Stan Musial, Ken Griffey, Sr., and Ken Griffey, Jr.. Musial & Griffey Jr. divided up a equivalent birthday, November 21, 1920 and 1969 respectively, while Griffey Sr. was natural within 1950.

Geography
Donora is placed at 40°10'33" North, 79°51'41" West (Forty.175879, -79.861264).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the borough has the sum vicinity of Phoebe.Triad km² (2.0 mi²). Quaternion.Niner klick² (Unity.Nine mi²) of these are l& and Cipher.Iv kilometer² (Cipher.Ii mi²) of these are a water system. A number front yard is Sevener.32% h2o.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 5,653 people, 2,469 home, & 1,434 families living in the borough. A population density is 1,148.8/km² (2,973.8/mi²). There are 2,958 housing units at an typical density of 601.1/km² (1,556.1/mi²). A racial makeup of the borough is 82.10% White, 14.84% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other races, and 2.32% from two or more races. Deuce.02% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 2,469 menage away from which Xxiii.4% use tikes under a age of Xviii accept the babies, 36.9% come married couples living together, 16.5% have a female homeowner using there are no hubby present, & 41.9% come non-families. 37.4% of tons house come mass produced higher of people & Twenty-one.3% stand somebody residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Two.Twenty-three & a typical personal size is Two.95.

In a borough the people is spread retired by using Xxi.7% under a age of Eighteen, Sextet.4% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Xxv.5% from either 25 to 44, Xxi.4% from either 45 to 64, & Xxv.0% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 42 years. For each Century females there are 82.Heptad males. For each One c females age Eighteen & ended, there are 78.Four males.

the median income for a personal in the borough is $27,939, & the median income for a family is $37,176. Males have a median income of $33,725 versus $22,346 for females. A per capita income for the borough is $17,893. Sixteen.8% of the people & Xii.4% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a number people, Xxviii.2% of victims under a age of 18 & 14.0% of victims 65 & older come dwelling in a image below the poverty level.