Shippingport is a borough in western Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Ohio River. The population was 159 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Shippingport is home to the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station, and formerly the Bruce Mansfield Power Plant and Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the world’s first full-scale atomic electric power plant devoted exclusively to peacetime uses.
Name: | Shippingport borough |
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LSAD Code: | 21 |
LSAD Description: | borough (suffix) |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | Beaver County |
Incorporated: | 1910 |
Elevation: | 741 ft (226 m) |
Total Area: | 3.68 sq mi (9.54 km²) |
Land Area: | 3.33 sq mi (8.62 km²) |
Water Area: | 0.36 sq mi (0.92 km²) |
Total Population: | 159 |
Population Density: | 56.81/sq mi (21.93/km²) |
Area code: | 724 |
FIPS code: | 4270376 |
Website: | shippingportpa.com |
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Geography
Shippingport is located in west-central Beaver County at 40°37′25″N 80°25′29″W / 40.62361°N 80.42472°W / 40.62361; -80.42472 (40.623594, -80.424691), on the south side of the Ohio River. It is bordered to the southwest by Greene Township and to the southeast by Raccoon Township. To the north, across the Ohio River, are the boroughs of Industry (north) and Midland (northwest). The Shippingport Bridge carries Pennsylvania Route 168 across the river into Industry.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Shippingport has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.5 km), of which 3.3 square miles (8.6 km) is land and 0.35 square miles (0.9 km), or 9.65%, is water.
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