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Calumet, Pennsylvania
Calumet is a community of 1,093 people in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Why visit Calumet
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark and 2 parks and trails in and around town.
Highlights include Adam Fisher Homestead and Norvelt Golf Club.
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 82°F; January lows average 21°F, and about 30 inches of snow fall in a normal year.
Weather in Calumet
Forecast from the National Weather Service. Full forecast
About Calumet
Calumet is a census-designated place in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Although the United States Census Bureau included it as a census-designated place with the nearby community of Norvelt for the 2000 census, they are in reality two very different communities, each reflecting a different chapter in how the Great Depression affected rural Pennsylvanians. As of the 2010 census, Calumet-Norvelt was divided into two separate CDPs officially. Calumet was a typical "patch town," another name for a coal town, built by a single company to house coal miners as cheaply as possible.
From the Wikipedia article Calumet, Pennsylvania (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks1
Adam Fisher Homestead
Monument and historic site · National Register of Historic Places · 0.7 mi
House in Mount Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania
Parks, trails and playgrounds2
Churches and places of worship5
Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church
Church · Lutheran · 1.4 mi
108 Dutch Hill Road, Latrobe
Shopping1
History
Calumet was founded by the Calumet Coke Company in 1888 as a housing site for its workers. The community, as originally laid out, consisted of twenty double houses, twelve single-family houses, and a few commercial and industrial buildings. The workers were employed in a coal mine and also tended ovens that produced coke (fuel). During the Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike of 1894, Calumet was the site of a bitter confrontation between the strikers and the H. C. Frick Coke Company, which at that time was part-owner of Calumet Coke Company.
The coke works closed in the 1920s, and the mine closed in the early 1930s during the Great Depression, causing enormous hardship for the community's workers.
From the History section of Calumet, Pennsylvania on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schools, colleges and libraries10
Map of Calumet
19 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Climate by month
Monthly table
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 21°F | 3.3 in | 9.0 in |
| Feb | 41°F | 21°F | 2.2 in | 7.5 in |
| Mar | 50°F | 28°F | 3.4 in | 5.6 in |
| Apr | 62°F | 36°F | 3.6 in | 0.3 in |
| May | 71°F | 47°F | 4.3 in | 0.0 in |
| Jun | 78°F | 56°F | 4.9 in | 0.0 in |
| Jul | 82°F | 60°F | 4.4 in | 0.0 in |
| Aug | 81°F | 59°F | 4.0 in | 0.0 in |
| Sep | 75°F | 51°F | 3.5 in | 0.0 in |
| Oct | 64°F | 40°F | 3.2 in | 0.1 in |
| Nov | 52°F | 31°F | 3.4 in | 0.9 in |
| Dec | 42°F | 25°F | 3.8 in | 6.4 in |
U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 for Mt Pleasant (1 mi away), NOAA NCEI.
People and cost of living
American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024, U.S. Census Bureau. Estimates have margins of error, larger for small towns.
Disaster history
Westmoreland County has had 9 federal disaster declarations since 2000, most often for hurricanes.
- 2020-03-30: Covid-19 Pandemic (Biological)
- 2020-03-13: Covid-19 (Biological)
- 2016-03-23: Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm (Snowstorm)
- 2012-10-29: Hurricane Sandy (Hurricane)
- 2010-04-16: Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorms (Snowstorm)
- 2005-09-10: Hurricane Katrina (Hurricane)
OpenFEMA disaster declarations summaries.
Getting there and nearby towns
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (LBE) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 6 miles away.
- Bear Rocks 6 mi south, about 10 min by car
- Greensburg 7 mi northwest, about 11 min by car
- Murrysville 18 mi northwest, about 29 min by car
- Monroeville 20 mi northwest, about 33 min by car
- McKeesport 21 mi northwest, about 33 min by car
- Plum 24 mi northwest, about 38 min by car
- West Mifflin 24 mi northwest, about 39 min by car
- Jefferson Hills 25 mi west, about 39 min by car
- Munhall 25 mi northwest, about 40 min by car
- Pittsburgh 30 mi northwest, about 48 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB, the NEMICO news database.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- NCES EDGE (Public domain): public schools
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (Public domain): climate by month
- OpenFEMA (Public domain): disaster declarations
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- U.S. Census Bureau (Public domain): population, income, housing, education, commute
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Adam Fisher Homestead Pa 2011, Canadian2006, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Christmas Decorations (32622260608), John Brighenti from Rockville, MD, United States, CC BY 2.0
- Norvelt Pa 2011, Canadian2006, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sewickley Manor Pa 2011-a, Canadian2006, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sewickley Manor Pa 2011, Canadian2006, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Norvelt, Cramerwiki, CC0
- ISS056-E-162383 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS059-E-36708 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS065-E-66352 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Trauger St. Mary's Church, Nyttend, Public domain
- Mammoth Park overlook (53663818382), daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0
- Ember at Mammoth Park overlook (53663818387), daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0
- Eclipse showdown Temp gets cooler, sunlight gets darker (53665048779), daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0
- Marlena and solar glasses (53663818662), daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0
- Seeing the hole through eclipse (53664903428), daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0
- Eclipse showdown Through Mammoth Park (53665048734), daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0
- Ember walks down during eclipse showdown (53665147725), daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0
- Eclipse Thick layers of cloud (53665048859), daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0
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