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Callery, Pennsylvania

borough of Pennsylvania

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ1134384 ↗
Source-derived summary

Callery is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Callery had a population of 364.

Geography

Callery is located in the northwestern corner of Adams Township in southwestern Butler County, at 40°44′23″N 80°2′14″W (40.739587, −80.037211). It is 3.7 miles (6.0 km) northwest of Mars and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) southeast of Evans City; all three boroughs are in the valley of Breakneck Creek.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.54 square miles (1.4 km2), all land.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 444 people, 157 households, and 121 families residing in the borough. The population density was 838.1 inhabitants per square mile (323.6/km2). There were 164 housing units at an average density of 309.6 per square mile (119.5/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 99.10% White, and 0.90% from two or more races.

There were 157 households, out of which 43.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.3% were non-families.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Callery, Pennsylvania” as borough of Pennsylvania. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020, 2000—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1880-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Callery, Pennsylvania and borough can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as borough of Pennsylvania. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1134384. VIAF identifies the subject as 316798809. Authority coordinates are 40.740, -80.037. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2000.

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This entry incorporates text from “Callery, Pennsylvania” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.