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Plum is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 27,144 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] A suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area , it is located northeast of the city in what is commonly referred to as the East Hills suburbs.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.8 males.
The Helen Plum Library and Lilacia Park were founded in 1927, according to the will of the late Colonel William R. Plum. [6] [7]: 190–191 Josiah Reade's collection was moved to the new library. The library was originally located in Plum's house, but moved to its location at 110 W. Maple Street in 1963.
The borough's first library opened in 1878 charing $1.50 or $46 in today's money. Its first free library opened in 1924. Red Bank's public library celebrates a century in the borough
The Plum Borough School District is a midsized, suburban public school district serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburb of Plum. Plum Borough School District encompasses approximately 28 square miles (73 km 2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 26,940.
The library is now open 50 hours per week. With the addition of computers connected to the World Wide Web and WiFi, as well as a collection of approximately 41,000 books, audio tapes, DVD's [1] and file materials, the library is entering yet another exciting time in its development. In total, the library offers access to over 50,000 electronic ...
Three viable paths forward for the library towards divestment were presented by leadership, including the library funding Hanover Borough's annual deficit for the library budget, the library ...
The library provides a variety of programs, including story hours, book discussions, and poetry readings and is open five days a week. The library has a twelve-station computer lab with high-speed Internet and a community meeting room. The library's collection has thousands of books covering a wide variety of topics.