![]() About 6.7% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for the township was $18,851. Males had a median income of $33,203 versus $22,111 for females. The median income for a household in the township was $44,630, and the median income for a family was $50,390. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.4 males. For every 100 females there were 110.9 males. In the township the population was spread out with 21.0% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 30.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.00. 17.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 1,163 households out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.3% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.17% of the population. The racial makeup of the township was 95.48% White, 2.59% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.79% Asian, 0.66% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races. There were 1,270 housing units at an average density of 71.0/sq mi (27.4/km²). The population density was 211.4 people per square mile (81.6/km²). Territory of Penn Township was reduced to its present size andĪs of the census of 2010, there were 4324 people, 1,163 households, and 898 families residing in the township. Present townships now found in Snyder County. Territory of Penn Township was sub-divided into smaller and As the population of the area increased, the In 1805 Centre Township was formed out of a portion of Beaver and In 1787 nearly one-half of Penn Township was organized into a new Of Monroe Township and a small part of Jackson Township. Township and most of Armagh and Decatur Townships in MifflinĬounty, the southern part of Hartley and Lewis Townships in UnionĬounty and all of what is now Snyder County, with the exception When Northumberland County was organized in 1772 the territory of Greenwood and Susquehanna in Juniata County. Now is Penn Township, as well as much of the townships of Monroe, Townships of Union, Chapman, Perry, Washington, a portion of what Penn Township was comprised of the territory now included in the What was the northern part of Cumberland County. Records dating back to 1753 reveal Penn Township's existence in. Due to its historicalīackground, Penn Township can well be called the mother of Snyder Penns Creek was namedĪfter John Penn, the younger brother of William Penn.Ī political unit by the name of PENN TOWNSHIP was known longīefore the organization of Snyder County. Where it flows into the Susquehanna River. Has its beginning in Centre County and ends South of Selinsgrove ![]() PENN TOWNSHIP received its name from Penns Creek, a stream that
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