Editing Bart Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''Bart Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in southeastern [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 3,181,<ref name=lastcensus/> up from 3,094 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].

Situated in a highly [[Amish]] region of Lancaster County, only 43.7% of the township's population speaks [[American English|English]], while 56.3% speaks an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language"<ref name=lastcensus/> (almost entirely [[Pennsylvania German]]/[[German language|German]]).

==History==
===Founding===
The name of Bart Township apparently comes from a reinterpretation of the abbreviation "Bart." for "Baronet".<ref>[http://www.lancasterhistory.org/research/databases/townshipnames.html Township names] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902213135/http://www.lancasterhistory.org/research/databases/townshipnames.html |date=September 2, 2006 }}</ref> This abbreviation was used by former Colonial Governor [[Sir William Keith, 4th Baronet|Sir William Keith, Bart.]]<ref>P. 653, The Chronicles of Pennsylvania by Charles Keith</ref> After being forced out of the Governorship by [[Hannah Penn]],<ref>Keith, Chronicles P.685</ref> Sir William Keith, Bart. won election as an Assemblyman in [[Philadelphia]]. In March 1728, Sir William Keith, Bart. left Pennsylvania in a hurry—he was running out on his debts. He left for England, never to return<ref>Keith, Chronicles P.697</ref> He abandoned his wife, Lady Keith, who is buried in Christ Church Cemetery in Philadelphia.

What is now Bart Township was part of Sadsbury, [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]] before the formation of Lancaster County.

In 1744, [[Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Sadsbury Township]] was split into two; the western part was organized as Bart Township and the eastern part remained Sadsbury Township. In 1854, Bart Township was split into two, with the western part organized as [[Eden Township, Pennsylvania|Eden Township]], and the eastern part remaining Bart Township.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120724132807/http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/eden_township/cwp/view.asp Everets & Stewart, Historical Atlas of Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania Illustrated, 1875, p. XVI.]</ref>

===Modern history===
On October 2, 2006, a lone gunman, identified as Charles Carl Roberts IV, shot ten Amish schoolgirls, killing five of them, in [[West Nickel Mines School shooting|an attack on West Nickel Mines Parochial School]], an [[Amish]] [[one-room school]] in [[Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania|Nickel Mines]], Bart Township. Roberts then shot and killed himself as police responded.

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|16.2|sqmi|km2}}, all land. It includes the communities of Nickel Mines, [[Georgetown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Georgetown]] (Bart P.O.), Mount Pleasant, Green Tree, [[Ninepoints, Pennsylvania|Ninepoints]], and [[Bartville, Pennsylvania|Bartville]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1980= 2235
|1990= 2774
|2000= 3003
|2010= 3094
|2020= 3181
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=June 9, 2017}}</ref>
|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> 2020<ref name=lastcensus>{{Cite web|title=Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US4207104376|access-date=March 21, 2022|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<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 2000, there were 3,003 people, 820 households, and 700 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|185.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 836 housing units at an average density of {{convert|51.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the township was 98.60% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.80% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.27% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.17% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.17% from two or more races. 0.13% of the population were [[Hispanics in the United States|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 820 households, out of which 45.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.6% were non-families. 12.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.66 and the average family size was 4.04.

In the township the population was spread out, with 37.4% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $45,250, and the median income for a family was $47,604. Males had a median income of $33,387 versus $21,379 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $14,399. About 10.3% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.7% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Bart Township is served by the [[Solanco School District]].

==References==
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==External links==
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