Editing Cascade Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''Cascade Township''' is a [[List of municipalities in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|township]] in [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lycoming County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 420 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/> It is part of the [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]], Pennsylvania [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
Cascade Township was formed from parts of [[Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Hepburn]] and [[Plunketts Creek Township, Pennsylvania|Plunketts Creek]] townships on August 9, 1843. It is named for the series of [[waterfall]]s or cascades that are abundant in the many mountain streams of Cascade Township.

Many of the early settlers in Cascade Township were [[Irish Catholic]]s. Under the leadership of Michael Kelly they established the village of Kellyburg in one of the most remote parts of Lycoming County. Michael Kelly also cut a road deep into Cascade Township from a [[sawmill]] along [[Lycoming Creek]], and he built a [[gristmill]] and a sawmill in the township. Kelly left the area in 1877 following a bitter defeat in the [[Sheriffs in the United States|sheriff]] election of 1872, moving to [[Kansas]] and residing there until his 1883 death. Kelly also helped his fellow [[Catholic Church|Catholics]] establish the mission [[parish]] of St. Mary's.<ref name="history">{{cite book
 | last = Meginness
 | first = John Franklin
 | title = History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: including its aboriginal history; the colonial and revolutionary periods; early settlement and subsequent growth; organization and civil administration; the legal and medical professions; internal improvement; past and present history of Williamsport; manufacturing and lumber interests; religious, educational, and social development; geology and agriculture; military record; sketches of boroughs, townships, and villages; portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, etc. etc. 
 | year = 1892
 | url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/lyco-history-01.html
 | access-date = April 10, 2007
 | edition = 1st
 | publisher = Brown, Runk & Co.
 | location = Chicago
 | isbn = 0-7884-0428-8
 | chapter = Plunkett's Creek, Lewis, Cascade, and Gamble
 | chapter-url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/Chapter-42.html
 | quote = (Note: ISBN refers to Heritage Books July 1996 reprint. URL is to a scan of the 1892 version with some [[Optical Character Recognition|OCR]] typos).
}}</ref>

==Geography==
Cascade Township is in northeastern Lycoming County and is bordered by [[McIntyre Township, Pennsylvania|McIntyre Township]] to the north, [[McNett Township, Pennsylvania|McNett Township]] to the north and east, [[Plunketts Creek Township, Pennsylvania|Plunketts Creek Township]] to the east, [[Gamble Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Gamble Township]] to the south, and [[Lewis Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lewis Township]] to the west. The closest state highway is [[Pennsylvania Route 14]], which follows the valley of [[Lycoming Creek]] less than one mile west of the township border. [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]], the Lycoming [[county seat]], is {{convert|20|mi}} to the south.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|102.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|101.5|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.8|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 0.81%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2016"/> The northern part of the township drains to [[Pleasant Stream]], which flows west to join Lycoming Creek at Marsh Hill in McIntyre Township. The westernmost part of the township drains directly to Lycoming Creek via Slacks Run. The remainder of the township drains southward via several streams to [[Wallis Run]], a southerly-flowing tributary of [[Loyalsock Creek]]. Lycoming and Loyalsock creeks both flow south to the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]] in the southern part of the county. Burnetts Ridge, rising to elevations of {{convert|2075|to|2150|ft}}, runs east–west through the center of the township, separating the Pleasant Stream and Wallis Run drainages.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2010= 413
|2020= 420
|estyear=2021
|estimate=417
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|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>
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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 419 people, 172 households, and 130 families residing in the township. The [[population density]] was 10.2 people per square mile (4.0/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 245 housing units at an average density of 6.0/sq&nbsp;mi (2.3/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the township was 98.81% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.72% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] and 0.48% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.72% of the population.

There were 172 households, out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. 18.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.78.

In the township the population was spread out, with 21.5% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $39,896, and the median income for a family was $45,208. Males had a median income of $31,000 versus $22,813 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $19,465. About 5.1% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 15.5% of those age 65 or over.

==See also==
{{Portal|Pennsylvania}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|www.cascade-township-pa.org}}

{{Lycoming County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Townships in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1843]]
[[Category:Townships in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1843 establishments in Pennsylvania]]