Editing Reed Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
Reed Township is in western Dauphin County, bordered by [[Middle Paxton Township, Pennsylvania|Middle Paxton Township]] to the south, [[Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Halifax Township]] to the east and northeast, and [[Perry County, Pennsylvania|Perry County]] to the north and west. The township spans the [[Susquehanna River]], and contains the only part of Dauphin County on the west shore of the Susquehanna River. This area is known as The Island (shown on topographic maps as "Duncan Island"), but it has become a peninsula due to changes in the river's course. The area is bounded by U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 11 in Pennsylvania|11]]/[[U.S. Route 15 in Pennsylvania|15]], the [[Juniata River]], the Susquehanna, and the old canal. The borough of [[Duncannon, Pennsylvania|Duncannon]] is to the west, across the Juniata River.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|22.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|15.3|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|6.9|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 30.90%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4204363928| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Reed township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 18, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213132243/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4204363928| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>