Newlin Township, Pennsylvania
Newlin Township | |
|---|---|
610 | |
| FIPS code | 42-029-53784 |
Newlin Township is a
Newlin Township was the hometown of explorer Josiah Harlan and Lenape healer Hannah Freeman. William Baldwin, the botanist, was born there on 29 March 1779.[3][4]
History
The township was named for Nicholas Newlin (1630–1699), who received a deed from William Penn. In 1704, his son Nathaniel (1663–1729) and his wife Mary built a water-powered gristmill along the West Branch of Chester Creek. The Newlin Grist Mill is located in Glen Mills, now in Delaware County.[5]
The Embreeville Historic District, Green Valley Historic District, Harlan House, Hayes Homestead, Hayes Mill House, Jacob Hayes House, House at Upper Laurel Iron Works, Indian Deep Farm, Marlborough Village Historic District, Mountain Meadow Farm, Northbrook Historic District, Spruce Grove School, and Joseph Young House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 12.0 square miles (31 km2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2), or 0.25%, is water.
Demographics
At the 2010 census, the township was 95.0% non-Hispanic White, 0.6% Black or African American, 0.9% Asian, and 0.6% were two or more races. 2.9% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.[7]
As of the
There were 429 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.9% were married couples living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 15.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the township the population was spread out, with 23.1% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 33.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.2 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $68,828, and the median income for a family was $75,241. Males had a median income of $48,250 versus $37,885 for females. The
Education
Newlin Township lies within the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District
Transportation
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As of 2019, there were 31.51 miles (50.71 km) of public roads in Newlin Township, of which 12.79 miles (20.58 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 18.72 miles (30.13 km) were maintained by the township.[10]
Pennsylvania Route 162 and Pennsylvania Route 842 are the numbered highways serving Newlin Township. PA 162 follows Embreeville Road along a north-south alignment through the middle of the township. PA 842 follows Unionville Wawaset Road along a southwest-northeast alignment through the southeastern part of the township.
References
- ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ Howard A. Kelly. 1914. Some American Medical Botanists. The Southworth Company, Publishers: Troy, New York, USA. [1]
- ^ John William Harshberger. 1899. The Botanists of Philadelphia and Their Work. T.C. Davis and Sons: Philadelphia, PA, USA. [2]
- ^ see www.newlingristmill.org
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Census 2010: Philadelphia gains, Pittsburgh shrinks in population". USA Today. Archived from the original on March 14, 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Census 2020".
- ^ "Newlin Township map" (PDF). PennDOT. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
