Editing Halifax Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
Halifax Township is in northwestern Dauphin County and is bordered by the Susquehanna River to the northwest, Berry Mountain to the north, and [[Peters Mountain (Pennsylvania)|Peters Mountain]] to the south. The borough of [[Halifax, Pennsylvania|Halifax]], a separate municipality, is near the center of the township. Unincorporated communities in the township include [[Powells Valley, Pennsylvania|Powells Valley]] and [[Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Matamoras]] in the south.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|82.3|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|71.6|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|10.7|km2|order=flip}}, or 12.99%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4204332040| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Halifax township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 16, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213123825/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4204332040| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> Most of the surface water in the township is part of the Susquehanna River, which averages {{convert|1|mi}} wide in this area. [[Powell Creek (Pennsylvania)|Powell Creek]] crosses the southern part of the township, and [[Armstrong Creek (Pennsylvania)|Armstrong Creek]] crosses the center, flowing into the Susquehanna north of Halifax borough.