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DuBois is a city in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States, northeast of Pittsburgh. The population was 7,794 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): DuBois city, Pennsylvania )〕 It is the principal city in the ''DuBois, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area''. DuBois is also one of two principal cities, the other being State College, that make up the larger ''State College-DuBois, PA Combined Statistical Area.'' ==History== Settled in 1812 and platted in 1872, DuBois was incorporated as a borough in 1881 and as a city in 1914. The town was founded by John Rumbarger, for whom the town was originally named. The Rumbarger Cemetery is all that survives of this original settlement. The town was later renamed for local lumber magnate John DuBois, who came from a longstanding American family of French Huguenot descent. In 1938, his nephew, John E. DuBois, donated the family mansion and estate as a permanent home for the DuBois Campus of Penn State University.〔http://duboispachamber.com/visit/history/〕 While DuBois was founded as a lumber town, the mining of bituminous coal quickly became the chief industry in DuBois. Over the years there have been numerous unsuccessful attempts to combine the city with the surrounding Sandy Township. Combined, the population of DuBois and Sandy Township is approximately 18,000 people. The Commercial Hotel, since demolished, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, and the DuBois Historic District was listed in 1997. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「DuBois, Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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