Limestone Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Limestone Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania | |
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570 | |
FIPS code | 42-081-43352 |
GNIS feature ID | 1216754[2] |
Limestone Township is a
History
Limestone Township was established on December 4, 1824, by the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lycoming County. It was formed from parts of
Upon arriving in present-day Limestone Township in 1789, the first settlers deemed it barren because the base of valley was covered by thickets of thorny bushes and was largely free of trees. At first the land sold for as little as fifty cents an acre. After the initial settlers cleared the shrubbery and planted wheat, the land was found to be quite fertile, and prices rose to $5.00 per acre. Later settlers to Limestone Township established the communities of Collomsville, Oriole and Oval. These small towns were the locations of small taverns, general stores and sawmills. By the 1890s, land sold for as much as $100 per acre.[4]
Much of the farmland in the southeastern portion of Limestone Township was purchased by the Williamsport Water Authority in the early 1900s as part of its watershed. Visitors to the "water company" lands can see the stone remains of the early settlers homesteads spread throughout the watershed.
The water authority built a multimillion-dollar water filtration plant in the 1990s in Mosquito Valley. With the construction of this plant, the lands of the water authority were opened to the general public as a
Geography
Limestone Township is in southwestern Lycoming County and is bordered by Washington Township to the southeast, Armstrong Township to the northeast, Bastress and Nippenose townships to the north, and Clinton County to the southwest. The Nippenose Valley (see below) occupies the central part of the township and is ringed by Bald Eagle Mountain to the north, North White Deer Ridge to the south, and unnamed connecting heights to the east. The unincorporated communities of Oriole, Oval, and Collomsville occupy the Limestone Township portion of the valley, with Oriole to the west, Oval in the center, and Collomsville to the east. The community of Rauchtown, mostly in neighboring Clinton County, extends into the westernmost part of Limestone Township.
Pennsylvania Route 44 passes through Oval and Collomsville, leading east-southeast 16 miles (26 km) to Allenwood and northwest 7 miles (11 km) to Jersey Shore on the West Branch Susquehanna River. PA 654 begins at PA 44 near Collomsville and leads northeast 11 miles (18 km) through Bald Eagle Mountain to South Williamsport. PA 880 begins at PA 44 near the northern boundary of the township and leads south and west 14 miles (23 km) to Loganton.
According to the
Nippenose Valley
The Nippenose Valley, an
Within a number of caves in this valley a new species of fish, a type of
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2010 | 2,019 | — | |
2020 | 1,968 | −2.5% | |
2021 (est.) | 1,961 | [3] | −0.4% |
U.S. Decennial Census[9] |
As of the
There were 689 households, out of which 44.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.5% were married couples living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.8% were non-families. 13.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.10 and the average family size was 3.41.
In the township the population was spread out, with 32.0% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 109.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.1 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $41,375, and the median income for a family was $44,219. Males had a median income of $31,543 versus $21,250 for females. The
References
- ^ a b "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Aug 14, 2017.
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ a b c d Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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- ^ "Williamsport Municipal Water Authority Visitor Information". WMWA-WSA Williamsport Municipal Water Authority-Williamsport Sanitation Authority. Archived from the original on September 29, 2008. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
- ^ Ulmer, Jennifer L. (1999). "Interbasin Groundwater Flow Between Sugar Valley and Nippenose Valley: Two Karst Systems in Central Pennsylvania". The University of Akron. Archived from the original on December 31, 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
- ^ "Rauchtown Creek and Antes Creek". U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute topographic map series. ACME Mapper. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^ Long, Eric (January 26, 2008). "A new species". Williamsport Sun-Gazette. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.