East Greenville, Pennsylvania
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East Greenville is a borough in Montgomery County
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010, the population was 799,874, making it the third most populous county in Pennsylvania . The county seat is Norristown.The county was created on September 10, 1784, out of land originally part...

, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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, United States
United States
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. The population was 2,951 at the 2010 census.

It is part of the Upper Perkiomen School District
Upper Perkiomen School District
The Upper Perkiomen School District is located in Pennsylvania in the northern corner of Montgomery County, and the eastern corner of Berks County...

.

It is part of the strip of small towns that run together along Route 29
Pennsylvania Route 29
Pennsylvania Route 29 is a 118 mile long north–south state highway that runs through most of eastern Pennsylvania. The route currently exists in two segments, a southern segment and a northern segment. The southernmost terminus of the designation is at U.S. Route 30 in Malvern...

; Red Hill
Red Hill, Pennsylvania
Red Hill is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is primarily a lake shore lowlands suburban community northwest of Philadelphia in the Delaware River Valley watershed, as is the balance of its county...

, Pennsburg
Pennsburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsburg is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,843 at the 2010 census.It is part of the Upper Perkiomen School District....

 and East Greenville, colloquially known as 'Red Pennsville'.

Geography

East Greenville is located at 40°24′20"N 75°30′15"W (40.405626, -75.504144).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the borough has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, the borough was 93.7% White, 2.3% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.0% Asian, and 1.9% were two or more races. 3.3% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/profile/PA#locality-tab.

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 3,103 people, 1,124 households, and 805 families residing in the borough. The population density
Population density
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 was 5,978.9 people per square mile (2,304.0/km²). There were 1,173 housing units at an average density of 2,260.1 per square mile (871.0/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 96.78% White, 0.90% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.90% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 0.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.64% of the population. There have been more races entering the three towns though.

There were 1,124 households out of which 43.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.3% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the borough the population was spread out with 31.4% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 36.5% from 25 to 44, 16.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $46,875, and the median income for a family was $48,824. Males had a median income of $35,525 versus $29,358 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the borough was $19,066. About 3.6% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.

Politics and government

East Greenville has a city manager
City manager
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 form of government with a mayor
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 and borough council.

The borough is part of the Fifteenth Congressional District (represented by Rep. Charlie Dent
Charlie Dent
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), Pennsylvania's 147th Representative District (represented by Rep. Marcy Toepel,) and the 24th State Senate District (represented by Sen. Bob Mensch
Bob Mensch
Robert "Bob" Mensch is a Republican politician. He is a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where he represented the 147th legislative district. He was first elected in 2006 to succeed the retiring Raymond Bunt, Jr..Mensch attended Valley Forge Military Academy and College...

.) Ryan Sloyer is currently the mayor.

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