Brady Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Brady Township,
Clearfield County,
Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Township
Mapsize:250x200px
Image Map1:Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Clearfield County.svg
Mapsize1:250x200px
Map Caption1:Map of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Clearfield
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1785
Established Title1:Incorporated
Established Date1:1826
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:96.78
Area Land Km2:96.43
Area Water Km2:0.35
Area Total Sq Mi:37.37
Area Land Sq Mi:37.23
Area Water Sq Mi:0.13
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:1941
Population Density Km2:20.37
Population Density Sq Mi:52.75
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Area Code:814
Pop Est As Of:2022
Population Est:1916
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:42-033-08120

Brady Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,941 at the 2020 census.[2]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 37.5sqmi, of which 37.4sqmi is land and 0.04sqmi (0.05%) is water.

Communities

Demographics

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 2,010 people, 742 households, and 577 families residing in the township. The population density was 53.7sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 825 housing units at an average density of 22.0/sq mi (8.5/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 99.15% White, 0.10% Native American, 0.05% Asian, and 0.70% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.30% of the population.

There were 742 households, out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.1% were married couples living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.2% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the township the population distribution was 26.1% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $34,015, and the median income for a family was $38,405. Males had a median income of $29,167 versus $19,635 for females. The per capita income for the township was $15,298. About 9.6% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.9% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Students in Brady Township attend schools in the DuBois Area School District.

Amish country along the Great Shamokin Path

A corridor of Amish settlements developed in the 19th and 20th centuries roughly along the Great Shamokin Path as a means of travel and migration through Clearfield, Jefferson, Indiana and Armstrong counties, beginning at Big Spring near Luthersburg, Clearfield County, and ending in Rural Valley in Armstrong County. Amish settlements exist near the villages of Troutville in Clearfield County; Big Run, Cloe and Punxsutawney in Jefferson County; Smicksburg in Indiana County; and Rural Valley in Armstrong County. Amish buggies co-mingle with automobiles through the corridor. The Troutville Amish settlement in Brady Township, Clearfield County, is good-sized and has eight church districts. The settlement has farms, trades and small shops. Troutville was named for Jacob Trautwien who settled the area in 1832.[4] [5] [6]

The Smicksburg Amish settlement is centered on the borough of Smicksburg, Indiana County, about 10 miles southwest of Punxsutawney. An example of a new community formed by migration, it is the third-largest Amish settlement in Pennsylvania, and the eleventh largest in the U.S. The Smicksburg settlement has 18 church districts and was founded in 1962. Amish here drive Midwestern-style black buggies. Smicksburg was founded in 1827 by the Reverend J. George Schmick. Most of the residents are Amish. The population was 46 at the 2010 census, and this is one of the smallest incorporated boroughs in Pennsylvania. The Smicksburg settlement has specialty shops featuring Amish wares of handcrafts, quilts, furniture, foods and eating establishments.[7] [8] Rural Valley is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the Cowanshannock Creek flows west leading to the Allegheny River. The population was 876 at the 2010 census.[9] The regional high school, West Shamokin High School, bears the name of the historic Great Shamokin Path.

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. August 13, 2017.
  2. Web site: Bureau . US Census . City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022 . Census.gov . US Census Bureau . September 18, 2023.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census website . . January 31, 2008 .
  4. See, Ben A. and Orpha Hershberger, Troutville Directory: Migrations and History of Troutville, PA, 1971 to 2004, Third print, Punxsutawney, PA.
  5. “Amish Trail”, Clearfield County PA — Backwoods, Backroads, Backwaters 2012
  6. http://clearfield.lunarcow.com/article/Amish+Trail/913122/91829/article.html "Amish Trail"
  7. http://amishamerica.com/groundhog-day-brain-dump-punxsutawney-amish-seeing-shadows-and-the-miracle-heater-in-court/?cid=14170 "Pennsylvania Amish"
  8. http://smicksburg.net/ "Smicksburg website
  9. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Rural Valley borough, Pennsylvania. https://archive.today/20200212201911/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4266720. dead. February 12, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. July 31, 2013.