Liberty Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania Explained

Official Name:Liberty Township,
Mountour County,
Pennsylvania
Settlement Type:Township
Mapsize:250x200px
Image Map1:Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Montour County.svg
Mapsize1:250x200px
Map Caption1:Map of Montour County, Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Montour
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1771
Established Title1:Incorporated
Established Date1:1816
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:71.09
Area Land Km2:70.73
Area Water Km2:0.35
Area Total Sq Mi:27.45
Area Land Sq Mi:27.31
Area Water Sq Mi:0.14
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:1785
Population Density Km2:22.73
Population Density Sq Mi:58.88
Pop Est As Of:2021
Population Est:1800
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:42-093-43112

Liberty Township is a township in Montour County, Pennsylvania.

History

The Gottlieb Brown Covered Bridge, Keefer Covered Bridge No. 7, and Mooresburg School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 27.5 square miles (71.1 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 1,476 people, 556 households, and 429 families residing in the township.

The population density was 53.8sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 593 housing units at an average density of 21.6/sq mi (8.3/km2).

The racial makeup of the township was 98.98% White, 0.27% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.14% from other races, and 0.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.20% of the population.

There were 556 households, out of which 34.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 68.2% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were non-families. 18.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the township the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of eighteen, 5.6% from eighteen to twenty-four, 30.4% from twenty-five to forty-four, 27.8% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.2% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty years.

For every one hundred females, there were 99.7 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and older, there were 95.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $43,500, and the median income for a family was $49,250. Males had a median income of $31,711 compared with that of $23,920 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $19,986.

Roughly 2.1% of families and 3.6% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 1.7% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 4.9% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

Notable person

References

  1. Web site: 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. August 14, 2017.
  2. Web site: Bureau . US Census . City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021 . Census.gov . US Census Bureau . July 27, 2022.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census website . . January 31, 2008 .

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