Vintondale is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Significantly, during a 1922 strike, New York lawyer for the then fledgling American Civil Liberties Union, Arthur Garfield Hayes was imprisoned in the towns small jail with only one cell for 30 minutes for trespassing on company property -the staircase outside the company store.
At its peak the furnace produced about 1,080 tons of iron annually, employed over 90 men and boys, and used 45 mules.
[6] Vintondale is located on the western border of Cambria County at 40°28′42″N 78°54′51″W / 40.47833°N 78.91417°W / 40.47833; -78.91417 (40.478370, -78.914097),[7] along the South Branch of Blacklick Creek.
[4] Vintondale is the home of Litmus Gardens, an environmental art project.
[8][9] As well, landscape architect Julie Bargmann collaborated with various artists, historians, hydrologist, and members of the local community to reconstruct Vintondale, Pennsylvania's acid mine drainage into Vintondale Reclamation Park.
26.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.