| Official Name: | Pine Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Image Map1: | Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Columbia County.svg |
| Mapsize1: | 250x200px |
| Map Caption1: | Map of Columbia County, Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Columbia |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1796 |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 1853 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 68.60 |
| Area Land Km2: | 68.46 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.14 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 26.49 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 26.43 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.05 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1014 |
| Population Density Km2: | 14.99 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 38.81 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Area Code: | 570 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Est: | 834; 1012 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-037-60304 |
Pine Township is a township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 1,014 at the time of the 2020 census.[2]
Pine Township remained without settlers for a longer time than the neighboring townships. However, by the early 1800s, there was a tannery and a sawmill in the township.[3]
The Sam Eckman Covered Bridge No. 92, Jud Christie Covered Bridge No. 95, Creasyville Covered Bridge, and Shoemaker Covered Bridge were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Pine Township is located along the northwestern boundary of Columbia County adjacent to Lycoming County. The southeast border of the township follows Little Fishing Creek, which flows south towards the Susquehanna River.
The unincorporated community of Pine Summit is located in the southwestern part of the township, along Pennsylvania Route 442.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 68.6sqkm, of which 68.5sqkm is land and 0.1sqkm, or 0.20%, is water.<[4]
As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 1,092 people, 404 households, and 324 families residing in the township.
The population density was 41.1sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 483 housing units at an average density of 18.2/sq mi (7.0/km).
The racial makeup of the township was 99.36% White, 0.09% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.18% of the population.
There were 404 households, out of which 33.9% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 68.6% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.8% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the township the population was spread out, with 25.1% under the age of eighteen, 6.2% from eighteen to twenty-four, 30.9% from twenty-five to forty-four, 25.5% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 12.4% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-nine years.
For every one hundred females, there were 100.0 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 100.0 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $38,375, and the median income for a family was $41,750. Males had a median income of $30,750 compared with that of $21,000 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $16,621.
Roughly 4.7% of families and 8.3% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 9.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 21.2% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.