Meshoppen, Pennsylvania

The borough takes its name from Meshoppen Creek, a Native American name purported to mean "glass beads."^[4]

The Old White Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[5]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²), all land.

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Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	554		—
1890	597		7.8%
1900	609		2.0%
1910	630		3.4%
1920	608		−3.5%
1930	525		−13.7%
1940	580		10.5%
1950	574		−1.0%
1960	470		−18.1%
1970	482		2.6%
1980	571		18.5%
1990	439		−23.1%
2000	459		4.6%
2010	563		22.7%
2020	326		−42.1%
2021 (est.)	327	[3]	0.3%
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As of the census^[9] of 2010, there were 563 people, 190 households, and 128 families residing in the borough.

The population density was 804.3 inhabitants per square mile (310.5/km²). There were 217 housing units at an average density of 310 per square mile (120/km²).

The racial makeup of the borough was 89.2% White, 3.7% African American, 0.65% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 4.3% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.1% of the population.

There were 190 households, out of which 46.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 38.9% were married couples living together, 18.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.46.

Within the borough, the population was spread out, with 31.4% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 61.7% who were aged eighteen to sixty-four, and 6.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was twenty-nine years.

The median income for a household in the borough was $40,714, and the median income for a family was $38,594. Males had a median income of $30,417 compared with that of $22,063 for females.

The per capita income for the borough was $16,588.

Approximately 13.5% of families and 22.7% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 37.2% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 15% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

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  Former Lehigh Valley Railroad, Meshoppen