Pine Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

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Pine Township,
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
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Looking at the north portion of Templeton, an unincorporated community in Pine Township
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Map of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, highlighting Pine Township
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Map of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Armstrong
Settled1790
Incorporated1836
Area
[1]
  Total4.60 sq mi (11.90 km2)
  Land4.34 sq mi (11.25 km2)
  Water0.25 sq mi (0.65 km2)
Population
 (2020)
  Total351
  Estimate 
(2021) [2]
349
  Density89.32/sq mi (34.48/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code42-005-60280

Pine Township is a township that is located in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 351 at the time of the 2020 census, [2] a decrease from the figure of 412 that was tabulated in 2010. [3]

Contents

History

Pine Township appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. [4] Its early history is detailed in Robert Walter Smith's 1883 History of Armstrong County. [5]

Cemeteries

Geography

Pine Township is located in northern Armstrong County, along the east bank of the Allegheny River and the south bank of Mahoning Creek. The unincorporated community of Templeton along the Allegheny River is the primary settlement in the township.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 4.6 square miles (11.9 km2), of which 4.4 square miles (11.3 km2) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km2), or 5.48%, is water. [3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2010 412
2020 351−14.8%
2021 (est.)349 [2] −0.6%
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

As of the 2000 census, [9] there were 499 people, 202 households, and 143 families residing in the township.

The population density was 101.6 inhabitants per square mile (39.2/km2). There were 284 housing units at an average density of 57.8 per square mile (22.3/km2).

The racial makeup of the township was 99.60% White, and 0.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.40% of the population.

There were 202 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 55.4% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.94.

The township median age of thirty-seven years was significantly less than the county median age of forty years. The distribution by age group was 25.3% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 8.6% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 30.1% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 18.2% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 17.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-seven years.

For every one hundred females, there were 104.5 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 103.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $33,558. Males had a median income of $31,364 compared with that of $17,500 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $17,824.

Approximately 8.5% of families and 11.4% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 13.3% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 6.2% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

Recreation

Portions of Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 287 are located in Pine Township just outside of Templeton. [10] [11]

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References

  1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pine township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  4. "Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 63". Pomeroy, Whitman & Co. 1876. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  5. Robert Walter Smith (1883). "History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Chapter 11, page 247". Chicago: Waterman, Watkins. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  6. "Bell Town Road Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  7. "Stewardson Furnace Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  9. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  10. https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/ The National Map, retrieved October 24, 2018.
  11. Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 287, retrieved October 23, 2018.

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