Windber, Pennsylvania

Windber is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, about three miles (4.8 km) south of Johnstown. It was at one time a place of industrial activities which included coal mining, lumbering, and the manufacture of fire brick. In 1897, the community was founded by coal barons Charles and Edward Julius Berwind, owners of the Berwind Corporation; the name "Windber" simply switches the order of the two syllables in the family name "Berwind". 8,013 people lived in Windber in 1910 and 9,057 in 1940; the population was 4,138 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.
==Arenas and venues==
*Windber Community Building
==Events==
*Maryland Championship Wrestling Spring Fever Tour - Night 1 - April 18, 2015.
*Maryland Championship Wrestling 2015 Autumn Armageddon Tour - Night 4 - October 24, 2015.
==External Links==
* on Wikipedia
Category:American towns