Marianna, Pennsylvania
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 Location of Marianna in Washington County |
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| Coordinates: 40°0′56″N 80°6′38″W / 40.01556°N 80.11056°WCoordinates: 40°0′56″N 80°6′38″W / 40.01556°N 80.11056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Washington |
| Established | 1907 |
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| • Mayor | Jeremy Berardinelli |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.0 sq mi (5 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 626 |
| • Density | 310/sq mi (120/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 724 |
Marianna is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 626 at the 2000 census.
Marianna was built as a mining town for the Pittsburg Buffalo Company in 1907 and was incorporated in 1910. At the time of its construction, the Marianna Mine was among the most modern and well equipped in the world. The town's brick homes were designed to offer indoor bathrooms, fenced yards and other amenities making living conditions very attractive for the time.
At 10:55 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, November 28, 1908, an explosion occurred in the mine which killed 154 men and left only one survivor. Although the mine was quickly refurbished by the Pittsburg Buffalo Company, the colliery's fortunes flagged. By 1914, the mine was sold to the Union Coal and Coke Company and later to Bethlehem Steel which continued to extract coal until 1988, when the main conveyor caught fire. The fire was extinguished, but the mine closed anyway.
The Marianna Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Marianna is located at 40°0′56″N 80°6′38″W / 40.01556°N 80.11056°W (40.015626, -80.110483).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 626 people, 236 households, and 157 families residing in the borough. The population density was 320.3 people per square mile (123.9/km²). There were 259 housing units at an average density of 132.5 per square mile (51.3/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 89.14% White, 8.79% African American, 0.80% Native American, and 1.28% from two or more races.
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