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Borough
Part of the former Castle Garden Bridge in southern Driftwood
Location of Driftwood in Cameron County, Pennsylvania.
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Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Cameron
Settled	1804
Incorporated (borough)	1872
Area
• Total	2.56 sq mi (6.62 km2)
• Land	2.49 sq mi (6.45 km2)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
Elevation	850 ft (260 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	67
• Estimate  (2019)	58
• Density	23.30/sq mi (9.00/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST)
• Summer (DST)	EDT
ZIP code	15832
Area code(s)	814
FIPS code	42-19976

Driftwood is a borough in Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 67 at the 2010 census.

History

Driftwood was incorporated as the second and last borough in Cameron County (the other being Emporium, the county seat) on January 17, 1872. The tracks of the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad, however, had been laid through Driftwood in 1863. Around the time of its incorporation Driftwood was at the center of the lumber industry and was a boomtown, with three hotels, two banks, two churches, and numerous places of business, including a weekly newspaper, the Driftwood Gazette, owned by John T. Earl, who was also the editor.

Geography

Driftwood is located in southern Cameron County at 41°20′20″N 78°8′8″W / 41.33889°N 78.13556°W / 41.33889; -78.13556 (41.338836, -78.135535), at the confluence of the Bennett Branch and the Driftwood Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River. The community is at the bottom of a gorge carved 1,200 feet (370 m) deep or more into the Allegheny Plateau by the creek and its branches.

Pennsylvania Route 120 passes through Driftwood, following the Driftwood Branch north (upstream) 18 miles (29 km) to Emporium, the Cameron County seat, and following Sinnemahoning Creek and the West Branch of the Susquehanna east (downstream) 27 miles (43 km) to Renovo. Pennsylvania Route 555 leads west from Driftwood up the Bennett Branch 25 miles (40 km) to Weedville.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Driftwood has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.6 km²), of which 2.5 square miles (6.4 km²) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km²), or 2.66%, is water.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 67 people, 35 households, and 19 families residing in the borough. The population density was 26.8 people per square mile (10.4/km²). There were 93 housing units at an average density of 37.2 per square mile (14.5/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 94% White, 1.5% Black, and 4.5% two or more races.

There were 35 households, out of which 17.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.7% were non-families. 40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.91 and the average family size was 2.58.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 10.4% under the age of 18, 65.7% from 18 to 64, and 23.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51.3 years.

The median income for a household in the borough was $45,417, and the median income for a family was $50,536. The per capita income for the borough was $22,060. There were 9.5% families and 9.8% of the population living below the poverty line, including none under eighteens and 10% of those over 64.

Notable people

• Garrett Cochran's birthplace
• Tom Mix's birthplace, though miles away, had an address of Driftwood

See also

In Spanish: Driftwood (Pensilvania) para niños