Sandy Lake & Stoneboro Community Profile

Residents of Sandy Lake and Stoneboro boroughs enjoy small-town living while having easy access to several metropolitan areas.

Sandy Lake and Stoneboro boroughs in northeastern Mercer County, about four miles west of Interstate 79 and ten miles from the crossroads of Interstates 79 and 80, provide unique business and industrial development opportunities.

Industries such as Clinch Tite Corporation; Flexospan Steel Buildings, Inc.; Customfold Inc.: and Spang Power Control, provide a stable economic base for the two boroughs. Millwork industries, including John Albert Partridge and Vista Custom Millwork, Inc.,flourish from the area's natural resources and skilled workers.

In addition to the Lakeview Area School District, nearby McKeever Environmental Learning Center offers unique environmental educational opportunities in cooperation with a consortium of colleges, universities, and the state's Education and Environmental Resources departments. Advanced educational opportunities exist at Allegheny College, Grove City College, Penn State Shenango Campus, Slippery Rock University, Thiel College, and Westminster College

Sandy Lake, in Stoneboro Borough, is a 150-acre privately owned spring-fed lake that offers water skiing and seasonal rental cottages. Boating and fishing enthusiasts also enjoy Lake Wilhelm, just northeast of the boroughs, and Pymatuning Reservoir, Shenango Lake, and Conneaut Lake, all nearby. An abundance of state game lands exist for hunters.

Sandy Lake and Stoneboro boroughs combine the advantages of small-town living with easy access to the metropolitan areas of Cleveland and Pittsburgh, both about an hour and a half away.

Population

Sandy Lake - 1990 Census - 722

Stoneboro - 1990 Census - 1,071

11 - mile Radius - 1990 Census - 8080

Governmental Services

Sandy Lake Fire Department

Jackson Center Fire Department

Stoneboro Fire Department

Sandy Lake Police Department

Stoneboro Police Department

Community Service

Banking

First National Bank of Pennsylvania

First Western Bank F S B

Greenville Savings Bank

Integra Bank/North

Mellon Bank/North

Mercer County State Bank

PNC Bank

Hospitals

Horizon Hospital System - Greenville Regional Hospital - 236 beds

United Community Hospital. Grove City - 128 beds

Education

Public Schools

Lakeview Area School District-K-12

Stoneboro Wesleyan School-K-12

McKeever Environmental Learninal Center

Vocational Education

Mercer County Career Center

Technical Education

Sharon Regional Health System School of Nursing

Shenango Valley School of Business

Advanced Education

Thiel College - 15 miles

Penn State Shenango Campus - 25 miles

Grove City College - 15 miles

Westminster College - 20 miles

Alleaheny College - 30 miles

Churches

9

Motels

1

Libraries

Sandy Lake Community Library

Transportation

Highways-Interstates 79 & 80
State Routes - PA 358 to Exit 34,1-79, 4 miles: PA 173 to Exit 3A.1-80. 10 miles

Rail - Conrail Bessemer & Lake Erie

Air Service

Grove City Airport (60 miles)

Franklin Airport (14 miles)

Utilities

Electricity - Pennsylvania Power Company

Gas - National Fuel Gas, Peoples Natural Gas

Telephone - Bell Atlantic

Water - Source - Spring fed
Sandy Lake Municipal Water Works
Capacity: 168.000/gallons/day
Use: 63.000/aallons/day

Sanitary Sewer - Lakeview Joint Authority
Secondary treatment capacity - 300.000/aallons/day
Present normal flow +300.000/gallons/day

Principal Industries

Spang Power Control - 100 employees - Electronic coils and transformers

Iron citv Sash & Door - 60 employees - Door & window assembly and distribution

Choice Products - 50 employees - Food proucts machinery

Flexospane - 45 employees - Prefag metal buildings

Clinch-Tite - 43 employees - Wood pallets & skids

Customfold - 11 - Room partitions & fixtures

Mercer County labor force - 54 000

Recreational Facilities

McKeever Environmental Learning Center - -A consortium of Slippery Rock University. Clarion State College. Edinboro University. Indiana University of PA, PA Department of Education. PA DER. and Sandy Creek ConservancyCenter

Lakes - Pymatuning, Sandy, Shenango and Wilhelm

Golf Courses - 6

Swimming pool - -Sandy Lake

Principal Clvic Organizations

Rotary

Lions

Business & Professional Women

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