Dyberry Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

Dyberry, Pennsylvania
Second-class township
Township of Dyberry
Confluence of the East and West Branches of the Dyberry Creek, in Tanners Falls.
Location in Wayne County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
US Congressional District	PA-8
State Senatorial District	20
State House of Representatives District	139
County	Wayne
School District	Wayne Highlands Region II
Settled	c.  1797 [1]
Incorporated	c. 1804 [1]
Founded by	John Kizer [1]
Named for	Dyberry Creek
Government
• Type	Board of Supervisors
• Board of Supervisors [2]	Supervisors Kevin P. McGinnis Bruce A. Varcoe John Walker
•  US Representative	Matt Cartwright (D)
• State Senator	Lisa Baker (R)
• State Representative	Michael Peifer (R)
Area [3]
• Total	22.90 sq mi (59.30 km2)
• Land	22.17 sq mi (57.42 km2)
• Water	0.73 sq mi (1.88 km2)
Elevation	1,509 [4]  ft (460 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,401
• Estimate  (2016) [5]	1,373
• Density	61.93/sq mi (23.91/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (Eastern Daylight (EDT))
Area code(s)	570
GNIS feature ID	1217219 [4]
FIPS code	42-127-20576 [6]

Dyberry is a second-class township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 1,401 at the time of the 2010 United States Census. ^[7]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 22.9 square miles (59 km²), of which 22.2 square miles (57 km²) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²) (3.03%) is water.

Communities

The following villages are located in Dyberry Township:

• Dyberry ^{[8] [9]}
• Tanners Falls ^[8] (also called Tanner's Falls ^[1] )

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	1,401		—
2016 (est.)	1,373	[5]	−2.0%
U.S. Decennial Census [10]

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,401 people, 544 households, and 378 families residing in the township. The population density was 63.1 inhabitants per square mile (24.4/km²). There were 691 housing units at an average density of 31.1 per square mile (12.0/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.1% White, 0.5% African American, 0.7% Asian, and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.5% of the population.

There were 544 households, out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 24.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the township the population was spread out, with 18.7% under the age of 18, 65.3% from 18 to 64, and 16% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.7 years.

The median income for a household in the township was $47,463, and the median income for a family was $60,556. Males had a median income of $33,056 versus $23,782 for females. The per capita income for the township was $21,428. About 1% of families and 23.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.3% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.

References

1. "Salute to Dyberry Township". Wayne County Historical Society. 2014. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
2. "Municipal Index" (PDF). Wayne County Planning Commission/GIS. WordPress. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
3. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
4. "Township of Dyberry". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. December 1, 1989. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
5. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates" . Retrieved June 9, 2017.
6. U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Dyberry Township" (PDF). CenStats Databases. Retrieved December 18, 2014.^{[ dead link ]}
7. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 14, 2011.
8. "DYBERRY: SECOND CLASS TOWNSHIP MAP" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. March 19, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
9. "Dyberry". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 2, 1979. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
10. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.