YEADON, PENNSYLVANIA

:''There is also an English town of 'Yeadon', West Yorkshire.''
'Yeadon' is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. It borders the City of Philadelphia. The population was 11,762 at the 2000 census.

Contents

Geography

Demographics

History

Education

External links

Geography

Yeadon is located at (39.932862, -75.251540).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 4.2 km² (1.6 mi²), all land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 11,762 people, 4,696 households, and 2,967 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,820.7/km² (7,297.1/mi²). There were 4,958 housing units at an average density of 1,189.0/km² (3,075.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 15.56% White, 79.77% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.89% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.41% from other races, and 2.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.02% of the population.
There were 4,696 households out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.6% were married couples living together, 20.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.09.
In the borough the population was spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 79.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.1 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $45,550, and the median income for a family was $48,169. Males had a median income of $39,830 versus $35,118 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $22,546. About 12.5% of families and 14.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.

History

The Borough of Yeadon took its name from Yeadon Manor, the estate of William Bullock, when it incorporated from Darby Township, Pennsylvania in 1893. Bullock, for whom a street is named at the location where his estate once stood, took the name originally from his home city of Yeadon, West Yorkshire, in England.
Some famous former residents of Yeadon include:

★ Betsy Ross, who according to legend sewed the first flag of the United States. Betsy Ross never actually ''lived'' in Yeadon, but rather spent some time buried there, in Mount Moriah Cemetery, before being exhumed to be re-buried in the city of Philadelphia.

★ William T. Kerr, the founder of Flag Day, which is celebrated every June 14 in the United States.

★ Anna Schoeffler Hauptmann, widow of Bruno Hauptmann of the Lindbergh kidnapping

Education

William Penn School District serves Yeadon.

★ Bell Avenue Elementary School (K-6)

★ Evans Elementry School (K-6)

★ Penn Wood Middle School (7-8) (Darby)

★ Penn Wood Ninth Grade Academy (9)

★ Penn Wood High School (10-12) (Lansdowne)

External links

★ Borough of Yeadon

★ Fire Protection

★ Police Department

★ Yeadon Public Library