Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 39°51′00″N 79°20′59″W / 39.85000°N 79.34972°W / 39.85000; -79.34972
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Not to be confused with
Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
.

Lower Turkeyfoot Township,
Somerset County, Pennsylvania
UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code42-111-45136

Lower Turkeyfoot Township is a

Metropolitan Statistical Area
.

History

1754 map of the Confluence & Turkeyfoot region drawn by George Washington
Upper & Lower Turkeyfoot Townships, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1860

Turkeyfoot Township was formed from part of

Upper Turkeyfoot & Lower Turkeyfoot took their current shapes in 1848.[3] White settlers arrived in the Turkeyfoot area by the late 1760s, and a group of about 15-20 Baptist families came to the area from New Jersey around 1774.[3]

The

Lower Humbert Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[4]

Geography

According to the

Addison Township to the southeast, and Fayette County to the west. Laurel Hill Creek flows through Lower Turkeyfoot Township, with tributaries such as Cranberry Glade Run, May Run, and Licking Run joining its stream before it enters the Casselman River in Confluence, just before the Casselman River flows into the Youghiogheny River. State Game Lands
No. 111 and Cranberry Glade Lake are also located in the township.

Upper Turkeyfoot Township on its way to New Lexington in Middlecreek Township
.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2010603—
2020543−10.0%
2021 (est.)538[2]−0.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

As of the

Latino
of any race were 0.89% of the population.

There were 259 households, out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the township the population was spread out, with 20.2% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $27,891, and the median income for a family was $30,789. Males had a median income of $29,643 versus $15,833 for females. The

poverty line
, including 22.4% of those under age 18 and 14.5% of those age 65 or over.

References

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania. Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co. 1884. pp. 556–566.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

39°51′00″N 79°20′59″W / 39.85000°N 79.34972°W / 39.85000; -79.34972

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