Liberty Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania

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

Liberty Township, Mountour County, Pennsylvania
Township
A farm in the township
Map of Montour County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Liberty Township
Map of Montour County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Montour
Settled	1771
Incorporated	1816
Area [1]
• Total	27.45 sq mi (71.09 km2)
• Land	27.31 sq mi (70.73 km2)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.35 km2)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	1,785
• Estimate  (2021) [2]	1,800
• Density	58.88/sq mi (22.73/km2)
FIPS code	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. ^[3]

Geography

Scenery of Liberty Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania near the Gottlieb Brown Covered Bridge

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

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2000	1,476		—
2010	1,584		7.3%
2020	1,785		12.7%
2021 (est.)	1,800	[2]	0.8%
U.S. Decennial Census [4]

As of the census ^[5] of 2000, there were 1,476 people, 556 households, and 429 families residing in the township.

The population density was 53.8 inhabitants per square mile (20.8/km²). 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

• Alexander Billmeyer, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

References

1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
2. Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
5. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.

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