Lycoming Township, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 41°18′43″N 77°5′32″W / 41.31194°N 77.09222°W / 41.31194; -77.09222
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Not to be confused with Old Lycoming Township, Pennsylvania.

Lycoming Township,
Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania
570
FIPS code42-081-45584
GNIS feature ID1216756[2]

Lycoming Township is a

Metropolitan Statistical Area
.

History

Lycoming Township was formed from part of Old Lycoming Township. A petition from the residents of the northern part of what was Lycoming Township was submitted on April 26, 1858. The petition asked that Lycoming Township be divided into northern and southern portions. A vote held in the Newberry section of Williamsport agreed with the petitioners. A judge decreed that the northern portion be called "Lycoming Township" and the southern part be named "Old Lycoming Township" on December 2, 1858. The dividing line begins where Beautys Run flows into Lycoming Creek and follows a line of southwestward to Woodward and Anthony townships.[4]

Geography

Lycoming Township is in central Lycoming County and is bordered by Cogan House and Lewis townships to the north, Hepburn Township to the east, across Lycoming Creek, Loyalsock Township to the southeast, Old Lycoming Township to the south, Woodward Township to the southwest, and Anthony Township to the west.

Warrensville and west the same distance to Salladasburg
. Unincorporated communities within Lycoming Township are in the Lycoming Creek valley. From south to north, these are: Fairlawn, Perryville, and Quiggleville (a short distance up the valley of Hoagland Run).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 15.3 square miles (39.6 km2), of which 15.2 square miles (39.3 km2) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km2), or 0.67%, are water.[1] The entire township is within the watershed of Lycoming Creek, which flows south to the West Branch Susquehanna River at Williamsport.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20101,478—
20201,4900.8%
2021 (est.)1,488[3]−0.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

As of the

Latino
of any race were 0.12% of the population.

There were 614 households, out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.5% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the township the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $37,262, and the median income for a family was $40,524. Males had a median income of $28,611 versus $21,488 for females. The

poverty line
, including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 15.6% of those age 65 or over.

References

  1. ^ a b "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  4. OCR
    typos).
  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.

External links

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