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Welcome to the Cresson Home page. The Cresson Home page provides as much information as possible on Cresson. Knowing Cresson’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Cresson’s Home page, you will also find Cresson’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Cresson has a population of 1606. 46.9% of Cresson’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.1 are female. 44.1% of Cresson is married and 65% own their own home. The Average Home price is $100,570, and the average rent is $620. Household median income in Cresson is $43,851, and the individual median income is $26,980. Cresson’s Ethnic is the following: White(95.4%), Multiple(3.5%), Black(0.6%), Asian(0.4%).


Cresson is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. Cresson is 80 miles (130 km) east of Pittsburgh. It is above 2,000 feet (600 m) in elevation. Lumber, coal, and coke yards were industries that had supported the population which numbered 1,470 in 1910. The borough is part of the Johnstown Metropolitan Statistical Area, although state and local sources list it as part of the Altoona area due to being much closer to that city.


The population of Cresson at the 2010 census was 1,711.The location was named in 1854 as a memorial to philanthropist Elliott Cresson. Railroads, beginning with the Allegheny Portage Railroad, fueled the growth of the area. Many famous Pittsburgh businessmen, including Charles M. Schwab, Andrew Carnegie, and Henry Clay Frick, maintained summer residences in the area. The borough was incorporated in 1906, along with neighboring Sankertown.


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