 Ligonier and its surrounding countryside are strongly associated with the Mellon banking family, which still owns considerable tracts of land in the area.The Huntland Downs estate, near Ligonier, comprises some of land and is the centerpiece of the Mellon land holdings in the region.As of the census of 2000, there were 1,695 people, 827 households, and 459 families residing in the borough.