Arnold City, Pennsylvania
{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Fayette
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|area_total_km2 = 1.24
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|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 462
|population_density_km2 = 371.32
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|blank_info = 42-03096
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Arnold City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located approximately {{convert|3|mi|0}} east of the borough of Belle Vernon, in far northwestern Fayette County. As of the 2010 census, the population of Arnold City was 498.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4203096| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Arnold City CDP, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| access-date=July 22, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213055646/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4203096| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 462
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}
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History
Like many towns in the area, Arnold City has been home to many coal miners supporting the coal industry in the region.{{Cite web |url=http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fayindexa.html |title=Bituminous Coal Mines of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. - Index A |access-date=2022-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517131409/http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com/fayindexa.html |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }} The town supported housing for several nearby coal mines, including the Naomi Mine in Fayette City. Housing was constructed by the Hillman Coal and Coke Company, creating a Coal Patch Town,{{cite web|url=https://www.coalcampusa.com/westpa/pittsburgh/misc/pittmisc2.htm |title=A Scrapbook of Appalachian Coal Towns |author= Chris DellaMea}}{{cite news |newspaper=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/06/24/archives/one-killed-4-shot-in-second-mine-riot-guards-and-coal-police-fire.html |title=ONE KILLED, 4 SHOT IN SECOND MINE RIOT; Guards and Coal Police Fire Into a Group of Pickets at Arnold City, Pa. FOUR'S MINES ARE REOPENED Pittsburgh Terminal Company's Plants, Shut Down Four Years, Will Employ 2,700 Men. Mines Shut in 1927 Reopen |date=June 24, 1931 |page=2}}
In addition to the Naomi mine, four additional mines operated in the area:
- Arnold No. 1 Mine, Arnold City, Fayette Co., PA
- Arnold No. 2 Mine, Arnold City, Fayette Co., PA
- Arnold No. 3 Mine, Arnold City, Fayette Co., PA
- Hill Top Mine & Coke Works, near Arnold City, Washington Twp., Fayette Co., PA
The village was the location of mine strike-related violence in 1931. {{cite web |last1=Robbins |first1=Richard |title=Arnold City once center of coal union battle |url=https://www.heraldstandard.com/opinion/2017/jul/23/arnold-city-once-center-of-coal-union-battle/ |website=Herold Standard |access-date=Jul 23, 2017}}
References
{{Fayette County, Pennsylvania}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Fayette County, Pennsylvania