S.N.P.J., Pennsylvania

{{Infobox settlement

| name = S.N.P.J., Pennsylvania

| native_name = Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota (Slovene)

| settlement_type = Borough

| image_skyline = SNPJ welcome sign.jpg

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| image_caption = Welcome sign along Pennsylvania Route 108

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| image_map = File:Lawrence County Pennsylvania Incorporated and Unincorporated areas S.N.P.J. Highlighted.svg

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| map_caption = Location in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|40|55|44|N|80|29|55|W|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Lawrence

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1978

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Gerald Sankovich

| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 28, 2020}}

| area_total_sq_mi = 0.78

| area_land_sq_mi = 0.75

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.03

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| elevation_max_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Hickory Run Topo Map, Lawrence County PA (Bessemer Area) |url=https://www.topozone.com/pennsylvania/lawrence-pa/stream/hickory-run-5/ |website=TopoZone |publisher=Locality, LLC |access-date=5 September 2019 |language=en}}

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| elevation_max_ft = 1,250

| elevation_max_point = northeast corner

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| elevation_min_ft = 1,055

| elevation_min_point = tributary to Sugar Creek

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| population_total = 15

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_density_sq_mi = 25.37

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| timezone1 = EST

| utc_offset1 = -4

| timezone1_DST = EDT

| utc_offset1_DST = -5

| postal_code_type = ZIP code

| postal_code = 16120

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| area_code = 724

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 42-71620

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = {{GNIS4|2390560}}

|website = {{URL|snpjrec.com}}

|area_total_km2 = 2.01

|area_land_km2 = 1.94

|area_water_km2 = 0.07

|population_density_km2 = 9.80

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S.N.P.J. is a borough in western Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the borough had a population of 15. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

S.N.P.J. stands for "Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota" (Slovene National Benefit Society), a fraternal society and financial co-operative based in North Fayette, Pennsylvania. The society applied to have their {{convert|500|acre|adj=on}} recreation center in western Pennsylvania designated as a separate municipality in 1977. The S.N.P.J. borough was created so that the society could, among other things, get its own liquor license. North Beaver Township, the municipality in which the center was originally located, restricted the sale of alcohol on Sundays (blue law).

S.N.P.J. once had the distinction of being the least-populated borough in the state (but not municipality; East Fork Road District, population 14, was less populous) until a mine fire beneath Centralia made that borough unsafe to live in.

Geography

S.N.P.J. is located at {{coord|40|55|44|N|80|29|55|W|type:city}} (40.928916, -80.498828).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.7|sqmi}}, with {{convert|20|acre|ha sqmi}} of the area covered by water.

It is more of a recreation complex than a community, and has 60 rental cabins, 115 mobile home slots, and an artificial lake. It is open to the public as a summertime resort and facility for bingo, weddings, and dances. Members of the society get a discount on the events.

Demographics

{{US Census population

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|1980= 16

|1990= 12

|2000= 14

|2010= 19

|2020= 15

|estyear=2021

|estimate=15

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|footnote=Sources:{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=11 June 2013}}

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