While DuBois was founded as a lumber town, the mining of bituminous coal quickly became the chief industry in DuBois. DuBois, donated the family mansion and estate as a permanent home for the DuBois Campus of Penn State University. Many of the town's original buildings and homes were funded and or donated by Mr. The town was later renamed for local lumber magnate John DuBois, who came from a longstanding American family of French Huguenot descent. The Rumbarger Cemetery is all that survives of John Rumbarger's 'original settlement' in the city of DuBois.
The town was founded by John Rumbarger, for whom the town was originally named. Settled in 1812 and platted in 1872, DuBois was incorporated as a borough in 1881 and as a city in 1914. 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. It is the principal city in the DuBois, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,510 as of the 2020 census. DuBois is located approximately 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Pittsburgh.
DuBois ( / ˈ d uː b ɔɪ z/ DOO-boyss) is a city and the most populous community in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States.
