Edinboro

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Edinboro, Pennsylvania

Edinboro is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area. As home to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, it is a small college town, as well as a "resort community". The population was 6,950 at the 2000 census.

The town is located in the snowbelt region off of Lake Erie.

History

The Eriez, Iroquois, and Cornplanter Native tribes were the first known residents of the area that is now known as Edinboro. The tribes called the region "Conneauttee," meaning "land of the living snowflake." A man by the name of William Culbertson moved to the area in 1801, building a gristmill near Conneauttee Lake and began the beginnings of the town.

From 1801 to 1825, the roots of the town were formed when congregations of Presbyterian and Methodist churches begun moving to the area and building houses and churches, some that are still around today. The original resident, Mr Culbertson, built the first school around 1825. The first post office was built and formed around 1837 when it was included in the Erie and Crawford Counties postal routes. The farms helped the area grow during this time, and the area was incorporated in 1840 with a population of 232 at about 500 acres. A turnpike between Erie and Meadville was constructed in the 1840s, made of wooden planks, and completed in 1852. In 1857, an academy was started, which was renamed the State Normal School in 1861, which would eventually become Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.