Disappearing cities and boroughs of the Keystone State: New Castle, Pennsylvania

New Castle News, 2/25/2013

During the second half of the 19th century, western Pennsylvania became one of the world’s leading centers of steel production. For much of the 20th century, thousands of area residents worked to turn iron ore into steel and shape steel into a variety of products.

Source:  Wikipedia

New Castle's population peaked at 48,834 in 1950.  Its 2016 estimated population is 22,142 -- a drop of 26,692 (55%).

The City of New Castle is located in Lawrence County, 46 miles north-northwest of downtown Pittsburgh and 21 miles southeast of Youngstown, Ohio.  The population of Lawrence County peaked at 112,965 in 1960.  Its current estimated population is 87,069 -- a drop of 25,896 (23%) -- of which 3.6% is African-American.

Other disappearing cities and boroughs of the Keystone State
Aliquippa.  (1/12/2019)
Ambridge.  (1/17/2019)
Arnold.  (1/18/2019)
Braddock.  (1/19/2019)
Bradford, (1/20/2019)
Carbondale.  (1/21/2019)
Charleroi.  (1/22/2019)
Chester.  (1/23/2019)
Clairton.  (1/24/2019)
Coraopolis.  (1/25/2019)
Dickson City.  (1/26/2019)
Donora.  (1/27/2019)
Duquesne.  (1/28/2019)
Farrell.  (1/29/2019)
Homestead.  (1/30/2019)
Johnstown.  (1/6/2019)
McKees Rocks.  (1/31/2019)
McKeesport.  (2/1/2019)
Monessen.  (2/2/2019)
Nanticoke.  (2/3/2019)
Pittsburgh.  (1/13/2019)
Scranton.  (1/14/2019)

Other U.S. disappearing cities:
Baltimore, Maryland.  (12/31/2018)
Benton Harbor, Michigan.  (1/15/2019)
Buffalo, New York, (1/8/2019)
Cairo, Illinois.   (1/5/2019)
Cleveland, Ohio (1/2/2019)
Detroit, Michigan.  (1/1/2019)
East St. Louis, Illinois.  (1/11/2019)
Flint, Michigan.  (1/7/2019)
Gary, Indiana.  (1/4/2019)
St. Louis, Missouri.  (1/2/2019)
Wheeling, West Virginia.  (1/16/2019)
Youngstown, Ohio.  (1/9/2019)