College Hill is a neighborhood located in the northern section of Beaver Falls

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Beaver Falls is a city in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,987 at the 2010 census. It is located 31 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, and on the Beaver River, six miles from its confluence with the Ohio River...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, United States

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. Geneva College

Geneva College

Geneva College is a Christian liberal arts college in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States, north of Pittsburgh. Founded in 1848, in Northwood, Ohio, the college moved to its present location in 1880, where it continues to educate a student body of about 1400 traditional undergraduates in...

 is located in the community, and is the namesake of College Hill.

History

Geneva College was founded in Northwood, Ohio

Northwood, Logan County, Ohio

Northwood is a small, unincorporated crossroads village in northern Logan County, Ohio, United States. It lies along the line between Richland Township and McArthur Township, approximately two miles south of the village of Belle Center and near the South Fork of the Great Miami River. Northwood...

 in 1848, but it moved to northern Beaver County in 1880 after being offered free land by the Harmony Society

Harmony Society

The Harmony Society was a Christian theosophy and pietist society founded in Iptingen, Germany, in 1785. Due to religious persecution by the Lutheran Church and the government in Württemberg, the Harmony Society moved to the United States on October 7, 1803, initially purchasing of land in Butler...

, which was highly influential in Beaver Falls. After the college was established on land just north of Beaver Falls, a community grew up around it, and in 1892, it was incorporated as the borough

Borough (Pennsylvania)

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 of College Hill. In 1932, forty years after its incorporation, it merged with Beaver Falls.

As of the 1900 census, College Hill had a population of about 900. In recent decades, College Hill has become less of an industrial community than previously; the owner of the former Armstrong Cork factory donated the property to the college, which has since built an athletics complex on the site.

At the 2000 census, College Hill had a population of 3,562 residents, more than one-third of the city's total population of 9,920. Although the population had declined by 78 residents since the 1990 census, or about 2.14% of its total, College Hill fared better than the rest of the city, which lost 767 residents, or about 7.18% of its population, during the same time.

Geography

College Hill is centered at 40°46′40"N 80°19′26"W (40.7778426, -80.3239521), at an altitude of 899 feet (274 m). It is about 1.5 minutes north of and 98 feet (30 m) higher than central Beaver Falls.

Transportation

Pennsylvania Route 18

Pennsylvania Route 18

Pennsylvania Route 18 is a major north–south highway in Western Pennsylvania whose southern terminus is at the West Virginia state line in Greene County, Pennsylvania near the village of Garrison, while the northern terminus is at PA Route 5 in Lake City, Pennsylvania...

 is the main road through College Hill and provides access to the rest of Beaver Falls in the south and to the Pennsylvania Turnpike

Pennsylvania Turnpike

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a toll highway system operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. The three sections of the turnpike system total . The main section extends from Ohio to New Jersey and is long...

 in the north. Pennsylvania Routes 251

Pennsylvania Route 251

Pennsylvania Route 251 is an long state highway located in Beaver county in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at the Ohio state line in South Beaver Township. The eastern terminus is at PA 18 in Beaver Falls.-Route description:...

 and 551

Pennsylvania Route 551

Pennsylvania Route 551 is an long state highway located in Beaver, Lawrence, and Mercer counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 18 in Beaver Falls...

 also pass through the community. Between 1910 and 1985, the College Hill Station

College Hill Station

The College Hill Station is a former train station located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA. The structure was built by the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad to help transport goods and passengers in and out of the neighborhood of College Hill in Beaver Falls...

provided rail transportation for the residents, but is now abandoned.