KANE, PENNSYLVANIA

'Kane' is a borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, 94 miles (151 km) east by south of Erie. It was founded in 1863 by Civil War general Thomas L. Kane at an elevated site 2210 feet (674 m) above sea level. In the early part of the twentieth century, Kane had large glassworks, bottle works, lumber mills, and manufactures of brush handles, saws, cutlery, screen doors and windows, etc. In 1900, 5,296 people lived here; in 1910, 6,626; and in 1940, 6,133 people made Kane their home. According to the 2000 census, the borough population was 4,126.

Contents

Geography

Demographics

Recreation in Kane

Media

Kane's Nicknames

History

The Kane Tornado of 1985

External links

Geography

Kane is located at (41.661712, -78.810328).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 4.0 km² (1.6 mi²), all land.

Demographics

In a recent census, Kane has a population of 3, 978 people.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,126 people, 1,766 households, and 1,091 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,021.2/km² (2,643.8/mi²). There were 1,993 housing units at an average density of 493.3/km² (1,277.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.91% White, 0.12% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 0.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.82% of the population.
There were 1,766 households out of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the borough the population was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 86.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.5 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $30,460, and the median income for a family was $38,672. Males had a median income of $32,318 versus $20,907 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $16,167. About 11.1% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.7% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over.

Recreation in Kane

Kane is a rural community which is rich with outdoor entertainment due to its location near the Allegheny National Forest. Hunting and fishing are very popular forms of entertainment for some people. Other people enjoy visiting such scenic areas as the Kinzua Dam, and the recently destroyed Kinzua Viaduct Bridge (this railroad bridge was destroyed by a tornado in 2003). In the long winters, people enjoy cross-country skiing, sled riding, winter hiking, and snowmobiling.
For children, the local Evergreen Park has the Evergreen Enchanted Playland Creative Playground. People of all ages enjoy swimming at the high school public pool that is open various times of the year to give swimming lessons as well as holding recreational swim times.
Kane is site of an outdoor drive-in theater which is open during the summer months, playing current movies.
Each summer, Kane hosts "Kane Fest" an annual festival in July.
Kane is also home to "Art in the Wilds" - an outdoor, juried fine arts show held on the 4th Saturday and Sunday of June each year in Evergreen Park.

Media

★ The Kane Republican -- One of two daily newspapers containing both local and national news in McKean County.

★ WLMI-FM -- Kane's country music station which went under new ownership in August 2006.

★ WQLE-AM -- Kane's first radio station, first signed on the air as WKZA at 960 AM back in 1954. It fell silent in 1993 and has not returned to the air since. Its tower and studio building, located south of Kane, were dismantled back in the late 1990s.

Kane's Nicknames

★ Kane is known as the Black Cherry Capital of the World because of its thick forest cover and strong logging industry.
Every July, Kane hosts the Kane Fest festival, or as it was called for many years, the Black Cherry Festival.

★ Kane has also been known for many years as the "Ice Box of Pennsylvania" because of extremely cold temperatures reported during winter months.

History

Kane was founded by the Kane family -- a very interesting and accomplished family. One member of the family became an Arctic explorer while another became the first doctor to perform an appendectomy on himself using local anesthesia. There are still relatives of the Kane family alive today. Some live in Ford City, PA, as well as Kittanning, PA. The Kane family can be traced all over Pennsylvania.

The Kane Tornado of 1985

On May 31 1985 a tornado destroyed many homes in Kane and neighboring East Kane. The F4 tornado passed through the town at approximately 8:15 PM. There were 3 deaths as a result of this tornado. This is the worst natural disaster in Kane's history.

External links

★ Kane Chamber of Commerce

★ Kane Republican Newspaper

★ Kane Area School District

★ WLMI-FM Radio Station

★ Vacation information for Kane, PA

★ ART IN THE WILDS Annual Juried Fine Arts Show in Kane, PA