DUBOIS

dubois, a borough of clearfield county, pennsylvania, u.s.a., 129 m. by rail n.e. of pittsburg. pop. (1890) 6149, (1900) 9375, of whom 1655 were foreign-born; (1910 census) 12,623. it is served by the pennsylvania, the buffalo, rochester & pittsburg, and the buffalo & susquehanna railways. the borough is built on a small plateau surrounded by hills, on the west slope of the alleghany mountains, nearly 1400 ft. above sea-level. its chief importance is as a coal and lumber centre; among its manufacturing establishments are blast furnaces, iron works, machine shops, railway repair shops, tanneries, planing mills, flour mills, locomotive works and a glass factory. dubois was first settled in 1872, was named in honour of its founder, john dubois, and was incorporated in 1881.