Editing Baldwin Township, Pennsylvania

{{Short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{distinguish|Baldwin, Pennsylvania}}
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'''Baldwin Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 1,984 at the 2020 census,<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022">{{cite web |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=June 13, 2023}}</ref> a decrease from the figure of 1,992 tabulated in [[2010 United States Census|2010]].<ref name="USCensusEst2018">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-total-cities-and-towns.html |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2010-2018 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 8, 2020}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|0.5|sqmi|km2}}, all land. Its average elevation is {{convert|1171|ft|m}} above sea level.<ref name="GR3">{{cite web |url=http://geonames.usgs.gov |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=US Board on Geographic Names |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>

==Surrounding communities==
Baldwin Township has four borders, including the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of [[Brookline (Pittsburgh)|Brookline]] to the north and [[Overbrook (Pittsburgh)|Overbrook]] to the northeast and southeast. The other two borders are with [[Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania|Castle Shannon]] to the south and southwest and [[Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania|Mt. Lebanon]] to the west.

==History==
The area that would become Baldwin Township was originally settled around 1780. The Allegheny County Court of Quarter Sessions established Baldwin Township on February 24, 1844, from [[Upper St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania|Upper St. Clair]], [[Lower St. Clair Township|Lower St. Clair]], Jefferson, and Mifflin townships.<ref name="phmc">{{cite web |url=http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/counties/pdfs/Allegheny.pdf |title=Allegheny County - 2nd Class |access-date=August 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810194157/http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/counties/pdfs/Allegheny.pdf |archive-date=August 10, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> The area was named for [[Henry Baldwin (judge)|Henry Baldwin]], a [[Pittsburgh]] lawyer who served as an [[Supreme Court Justice|Associate Justice]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]] from 1830 until his death in 1844.

Baldwin Township was originally {{convert|10550|acre|km2}} and consisted of the present-day [[Pittsburgh]] neighborhoods of [[Carrick (Pittsburgh)|Carrick]], [[Hays (Pittsburgh)|Hays]], [[Brookline (Pittsburgh)|Brookline]], and [[Overbrook (Pittsburgh)|Overbrook]], along with the present-day municipalities of [[Brentwood, Pennsylvania|Brentwood]], [[Whitehall, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Whitehall]], [[Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania|Castle Shannon]], and [[Baldwin, Pennsylvania|Baldwin Borough]].

The [[coal seam]] lying underneath Baldwin Township made [[mining]] the township's largest industry. The township was also home to the first glass factories in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]]. Agriculture was an important part of Baldwin Township's economy from 1753 to 1876. Its most well-known agricultural exports were [[cherry|cherries]] and [[whiskey]] (many citizens of Baldwin Township were part of the [[Whiskey Rebellion]]).

The township continued to thrive until the late 19th century. Due to the lack of maintenance throughout the township's roads, residents of many areas broke off to form their own municipalities. In 1901, {{convert|201|acre|km2}} became the Pittsburgh neighborhood of [[Hays (Pittsburgh)|Hays]]. Three years later in 1904, [[Carrick (Pittsburgh)|Carrick]] and [[Brookline (Pittsburgh)|Brookline]] became Pittsburgh wards, taking with them {{convert|1058|acre|km2}} and {{convert|138|acre|km2}}, respectively. From 1915 to 1951, approximately {{convert|8700|acre|km2}} of the original Baldwin Township broke off to become the municipalities of [[Brentwood, Pennsylvania|Brentwood]], [[Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania|Castle Shannon]], [[Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania|Mt. Lebanon]], [[Whitehall, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Whitehall]], and [[Baldwin, Pennsylvania|Baldwin Borough]]. The City of Pittsburgh annexed an additional area of land that is now the city's [[Overbrook (Pittsburgh)|Overbrook]] neighborhood.

Today, only 400 of the township's original {{convert|10550|acre|km2}} remain. Historians calculate that if Baldwin Township had never been divided, it would now be the second largest community in Allegheny County, with a population of over 100,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |work=baldwintownship.com |url=http://www.baldwintownship.com/history.html}}</ref>

==Government and politics==
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Presidential Elections Results<ref>{{cite web |last1=EL |title=2012 Allegheny County election |url=http://triblive.com/politics/2907065-74/pittsburgh-ward-hills-west-borough-braddock-east-elizabeth-north-park |website=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |access-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=EL |title=2016 Pennsylvania general election... |url=http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/electionresultsgen2016/ |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/PA/Allegheny/106267/web.264614/#/detail/0004 |title=Election Night Reporting}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|''45%'' ''599''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|''53%'' ''710''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|''1%'' ''14''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|''45%'' ''535''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|''51%'' ''605''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|''3%'' ''36''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2012|2012]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|''44%'' ''502''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|''55%'' ''633''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|''1%'' ''15''
|}

==Demographics==
[[File:Baldwin Township, houses along Pearce Rd.jpg|thumb|left|A row of houses on Pearce Rd]]
{{US Census population
|1850= 1610
|1860= 2746
|1870= 3104
|1880= 4373
|1890= 4860
|1900= 8212
|1910= 8230
|1920= 4928
|1930= 6371
|1940= 7738
|1950= 10743
|1960= 3004
|1970= 3026
|1980= 2680
|1990= 2479
|2000= 2244
|2010= 1992
|2020= 1984
|estyear=2022
|estimate=1936
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name=Census1870>{{cite web |title=Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1870a-08.pdf |work=1870 United States Census |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=November 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Census1880>{{cite web |title=Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-12.pdf |work=1880 United States Census |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=November 24, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1910">{{cite web |title=Population-Pennsylvania |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/36894832v3ch4.pdf |work=U.S. Census 1910 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=November 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1930">{{cite web |title=Number and Distribution of Inhabitants:Pennsylvania-Tennessee |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch09.pdf |work=Fifteenth Census |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name="Census1960">{{cite web |title=Number of Inhabitants: Pennsylvania |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/17216604v1p40ch02.pdf |work=18th Census of the United States |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=November 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-40.pdf |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=November 22, 2013}}</ref><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><ref name="CensusPopEst">{{cite web |title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 |url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=November 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html |archive-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,244 people, 869 households, and 637 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|4,148.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 880 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,627.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 98.62% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.27% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.58% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.13% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.40% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.40% of the population.

There were 869 households, out of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.6% were non-families. 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the township the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $45,071, and the median income for a family was $52,200. Males had a median income of $38,750 versus $29,342 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $20,918. About 3.3% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.baldwintownship.com/ Township website]
*[http://www.abbott-lavalle.info/places/baldwin.html History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Volume II, Chapter V]
*[http://digital.library.pitt.edu/maps/ Historic Pittsburgh Map Collections]
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[[Category:Townships in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]]