Covington Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

For other Pennsylvania townships with similar names, see Covington Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation).

Covington Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Township
Ruins and rock formations along the Kunes Camp Trail in Covington Township
Map of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania highlighting Covington Township
Map of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Clearfield
Settled	1817
Incorporated	1817
Area [1]
• Total	53.14 sq mi (137.63 km2)
• Land	52.92 sq mi (137.05 km2)
• Water	0.22 sq mi (0.58 km2)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	497
• Estimate  (2022) [2]	492
• Density	9.62/sq mi (3.71/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	814
FIPS code	42-033-16656

Covington Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population was 497 at the 2020 census. ^[2]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 52.5 square miles (136 km²), of which 52.4 square miles (136 km²) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²) (0.29%) is water.

Communities

• Frenchville
• Guenot Settlement
• Keewaydin
• Rolling Stone

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1970	533		—
1980	669		25.5%
1990	648		−3.1%
2000	621		−4.2%
2010	526		−15.3%
2020	497		−5.5%
2022 (est.)	492	[2]	−1.0%
U.S. Decennial Census [3]

As of the census ^[4] of 2010, there were 526 people, 232 households, and 167 families residing in the township. The population density was 11.9 people per square mile (4.6/km²). There were 431 housing units at an average density of 8.2/sq mi (3.2/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.36% White, 0.32% from other races, and 0.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.32% of the population.

There were 232 households, out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the township the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $38,438, and the median income for a family was $42,917. Males had a median income of $28,000 versus $21,161 for females. The per capita income for the township was $16,964. About 7.6% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.9% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.

Linguistics

The village of Frenchville within the township was begun in 1835 by French settlers from Normandy and Picardy. ^[5] The village has a small population, and the local dialect evolved in isolation until being rediscovered by linguists in the 1960s. The Frenchville and neighboring Girard Township francophones spoke a distinct dialect of North American French that presently is moribund. ^[6]

Education

Students living in Covington Township attend schools in the Clearfield Area School District.

References

1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Aug 13, 2017.
2. Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
4. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
5. Mignot, (1968: 2).
6. Mignot. (1968).

Further reading

• Pennsylvania portal

• Bullock, Barbara E. French in Pennsylvania. 2010.
• King, Ruth Elizabeth. The Lexical Basis of Grammatical Borrowing. 2000.
• Merat, Frank. Prof. Merat's Frenchville Page. 2002.
• Mignot, Margaret (née Bilotte). History of the French Settlers in Covington and Girard Townships. 1968.
• Pitzer, Sarah. American Gallic — The Mystery of Frenchville. Today Magazine:Philadelphia Inquirer. 1974.
• Louder, Dean. Le dernier francophone à Frenchville, PA. 2004. (in French)

External links

• Media related to Covington Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania at Wikimedia Commons

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