Editing Crescent Township, Pennsylvania

{{Short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Crescent Township
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|settlement_type          = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Township]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|image_caption            = Houses on Front Street in Glenwillard
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|image_map                = Allegheny County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Crescent township highlighted.svg
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]] and state of [[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        = [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny]]
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|government_type          = Board of Commissioners
|leader_title             = President
|leader_name              = Joseph Sabol (R)
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|area_footnotes           = <ref>{{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 13, 2017}}</ref>
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_sq_mi         = 2.31
|area_land_sq_mi          = 2.10
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.21

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <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>
|population_total         = 2479
|population_density_sq_mi = 1231.17

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|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 42-003-17048
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
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|website                  = {{URL|http://crescenttownship.com/}}
|footnotes                = 
|pop_est_as_of = 2022
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|population_est = 2426
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|area_total_km2 = 5.98
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'''Crescent Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]], United States, and is part of the [[Pittsburgh Metro Area]]. The population was 2,479 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/>

The township was created in 1855 and was given the name ''Crescent'' because it was formed from a portion of [[Moon Township, Pennsylvania|Moon Township]]. Crescent Township has been assigned the [[ZIP code]] 15046.

Crescent Township has two unincorporated villages:
*Glenwillard
*Wireton

Crescent is part of the [[Pittsburgh metropolitan area|Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Education==
Students living in Crescent Township attend the [[Moon Area School District]].

==Government and politics==
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; 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>
|-
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third party (U.S. politics)|Third parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2020]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55%''' ''791''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43% ''614''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1% ''20''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2016]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55%''' ''720''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44% ''529''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4% ''54''
|-
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2012 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|2012]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56%''' ''685''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44% ''539''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0% ''9''
|}

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|2.3|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|2.1|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi}}, or 10.78%, is water.

===Surrounding and adjacent neighborhoods===
Crescent Township has three land borders, including [[Moon Township, Pennsylvania|Moon Township]] to the south, southeast and southwest and the Beaver County neighborhoods of [[South Heights, Pennsylvania|South Heights]] to the north and [[Hopewell Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Hopewell Township]] to the northwest. Across the Ohio River to the northeast, Crescent Township runs adjacent with [[Leetsdale, Pennsylvania|Leetsdale]].

==Education==
Crescent Township is served by the Moon Area School District.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 324
|1870= 364
|1880= 419
|1890= 785
|1900= 622
|1910= 893
|1920= 980
|1930= 1107
|1940= 1482
|1950= 1867
|1960= 2603
|1970= 2918
|1980= 2862
|1990= 2490
|2000= 2314
|2010= 2640
|2020= 2479
|estyear=2022
|estimate=2426
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/>
|footnote=Sources:<ref>{{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>{{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>{{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>{{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>{{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>{{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>{{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>
}}
As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 2,314 people, 886 households, and 658 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|1,115.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 920 housing units at an average density of {{convert|443.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 97.23% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.25% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.30% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.91% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 0.26% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.78% of the population.

There were 886 households, out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the township the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $49,500, and the median income for a family was $52,267. Males had a median income of $35,661 versus $25,076 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $19,472. About 3.2% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.4% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

==In popular culture==
Some scenes in the movie [[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|''The Silence of the Lambs'']] were filmed in the Glenwillard neighborhood of Crescent Township. A house on Front Street was used as the Bimmel house, home of one of Buffalo Bill's victims. The [[CSX Transportation]] (formerly [[Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad]]) tracks that traverse the township are clearly visible in the establishing shots.

==Notable people==
*[[Lou Christie]] (born 1943), famous singer/songwriter, grew up in the Glenwillard section of Crescent and attended Moon High School.
* NCAA men's basketball coach [[John Calipari]] (born 1959) lived in Crescent when he was an assistant coach at the [[University of Pittsburgh]] under [[Paul Evans (basketball coach)|Paul Evans]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.crescenttownship.com/ Township website]

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[[Category:Pennsylvania populated places on the Ohio River]]
[[Category:Townships in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]]