Editing Addison Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Addison Township, Pennsylvania
|settlement_type = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Township]]
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|image_skyline = Wable-Augustine Tavern.jpg
|imagesize = 250px
|image_caption = The [[Wable-Augustine Tavern]], a historic site in the township
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|image_map = Map of Somerset County, Pennsylvania highlighting Addison Township.PNG
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|map_caption = Map of Somerset County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Addison Township
|image_map1 = Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Somerset County.svg
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|map_caption1 = Map of Somerset County, Pennsylvania
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|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset]]
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1764
|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = 1800
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2016">{{cite web |title=2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2016_Gazetteer/2016_gaz_place_42.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref>
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|area_total_km2 = 163.69
|area_land_km2 = 159.01
|area_water_km2 = 4.67
|area_total_sq_mi = 63.20
|area_land_sq_mi = 61.40
|area_water_sq_mi = 1.80
|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022">{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=[[US Census Bureau]] |access-date=December 1, 2023}}</ref>
|population_total = 932 {{decrease}}
|population_density_km2 = 5.89
|population_density_sq_mi = 15.26
|timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset = -5
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|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|pop_est_as_of = 2022
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|population_est = 932
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 42-111-00404
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'''Addison Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 932 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/> It is part of the [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]], [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The township is named for [[Alexander Addison (judge)|Alexander Addison]], the first president judge (the chief judge within a [[United States district court|U.S. judicial district]]) overseeing Somerset County.<ref name="WatermanWatkins">{{cite book |title=History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania |url=https://archive.org/details/pa-bedford-somerset-fulton-1884-waterman |year=1884 |publisher=Waterman, Watkins & Co. |location=Chicago |pages=[https://archive.org/details/pa-bedford-somerset-fulton-1884-waterman/page/n501 393], 571–572}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Map of Addison Township from 1860 Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Map by Edward L Walker.jpg|thumb|left|Addison Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1860]]
[[Edward Braddock|Major General Edward Braddock]]'s [[Braddock Expedition|Expedition of 1755]] passed through the southwestern portion of the area that became Addison Township.<ref name="WatermanWatkins" /> The township was organized in 1800.<ref name="WatermanWatkins" /> Somerfield was laid out on the western edge of the township about 1816 by Philip D. Smyth,<ref name="WatermanWatkins" /> but the town was abandoned and covered over by the [[Youghiogheny River Lake]] in the 1940s. The [[Wable-Augustine Tavern]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1995.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|63.4|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|61.7|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|1.7|sqmi|km2}} (2.74%) is water. It surrounds the borough of [[Addison, Pennsylvania|Addison]], which is located in the southwestern section of the township. Addison Township is bordered by [[Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Elk Lick Township]] to the east, [[Black Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Black Township]] to the northeast, [[Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Turkeyfoot]] and [[Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Turkeyfoot]] Townships to the northwest, the [[Youghiogheny River Lake]] to the west, and the state of [[Maryland]] to the south. [[U.S. Route 40 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 40]] passes through the southwestern corner of Addison Township, crossing over the [[Youghiogheny River Lake]] from [[Fayette County, Pennsylvania|Fayette County]] in the west, passing through the borough of [[Addison, Pennsylvania|Addison]], and continuing south into [[Maryland]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 1019
|2010= 974
|2020= 932
|estyear=2022
|estimate=925
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 1,019 people, 435 households, and 301 families living in the township. The population density was 16.5 people per square mile (6.4/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 964 housing units at an average density of 15.6/sq&nbsp;mi (6.0/km<sup>2</sup>). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the township was 99.71% White, 0.10% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.10% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.20%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

Of the 435 households 23.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families. 27.4% of households were one person and 14.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.78.

The age distribution was 19.9% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 21.8% 65 or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 105.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.6 males.

The median household income was $29,792 and the median family income was $33,654. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $19,688 for females. The per capita income for the township was $16,889. About 11.1% of families and 14.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.5% of those under age 18 and 18.8% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Somerset County, Pennsylvania}}

[[Category:Townships in Somerset County, Pennsylvania]]