Mount Pleasant Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania

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

Mount Pleasant Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Township
John's Burnt Mill Bridge, a historic site in the township
Seal
Location in Adams County and the state of Pennsylvania.
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Adams
Settled	1730
Incorporated	Before 1800
Area [1]
• Total	30.58 sq mi (79.20 km2)
• Land	30.41 sq mi (78.77 km2)
• Water	0.17 sq mi (0.44 km2)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	4,667
• Estimate  (2023) [2]	4,730
• Density	154.71/sq mi (59.73/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	717
FIPS code	42-001-51776

Mount Pleasant Township is a township that is located in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 4,693. ^[3]

It includes an exclave of the Gettysburg National Military Park. ^[4]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 30.6 square miles (79.2 km²), of which 30.4 square miles (78.8 km²) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km²), or 0.56%, is water. ^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2000	4,420		—
2010	4,693		6.2%
2020	4,667		−0.6%
2023 (est.)	4,730	[2]	1.3%
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

As of the census ^[6] of 2000, there were 4,420 people, 1,616 households, and 1,258 families residing in the township.

The population density was 144.3 inhabitants per square mile (55.7/km²). There were 1,681 housing units at an average density of 54.9 per square mile (21.2/km²).

The racial makeup of the township was 98.44% White, 0.43% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.34% from other races, and 0.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.70% of the population.

There were 1,616 households, out of which 36.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 65.6% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were non-families. 17.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.08.

Within the township, the population was spread out, with 26.8% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 7.6% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 29.9% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 23.9% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-seven years.

For every one hundred females there were 100.6 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 98.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $41,132, and the median income for a family was $44,619. Males had a median income of $30,313 compared with that of $21,806 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $16,913.

Approximately 7.2% of families and 9.9% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 17.2% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 5.5% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

Education

Most of the township is in the Conewago Valley School District, while a piece is in the Littlestown Area School District. ^[7]

References

1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
2. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mount Pleasant township, Adams County, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
4. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Mount Pleasant township, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved October 19, 2024. Gettysburg Natl Mil Pk
5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
6. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
7. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Adams County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved October 19, 2024. - Text list

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