Editing Hollenback Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
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|official_name = Hollenback Township, Pennsylvania
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|image_caption = [[Big Wapwallopen Creek]] in Hollenback Township (June 2015)
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Luzerne]]
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|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 = 39.26
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|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|population_total = 1125 {{decrease}}
|population_density_km2 = 30.34
|population_density_sq_mi = 78.57
|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|postal_code              = 18660
|area_code                = [[Area code 570|570]]
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|pop_est_as_of = 2021
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'''Hollenback Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] which is located in [[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Luzerne County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 1,125 at the time of the 2020 census.{{r|USCensusEst2020-2021}}

==History==
When several German farmers entered modern-day Hollenback Township in 1789, they faced the difficult task of converting the rugged landscape and stubborn soil into fertile farmland. By 1796, the area belonged to [[Nescopeck Township, Pennsylvania|Nescopeck]] and [[Newport Township, Pennsylvania|Newport]] Townships. In 1825, the first store and tavern were erected.<ref name="USGenWebArchives">{{Cite web|url=http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/luzerne/1893hist/hollenba.htm|title=History of Luzerne County Pennsylvania}}</ref>

The [[logging]] industry subsequently took off in Hollenback; in 1866, the area contained six [[sawmills]] and several [[gristmills]]. By 1870, the township had a population of 1,300. It was later reduced to seven hundred and thirty when a section of the township broke away to form [[Conyngham Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Conyngham Township]].{{r|USGenWebArchives}}

==Geography==
[[File:Scenery of Hollenback Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.JPG|thumb|right|Scenery of the township (mid-April 2014)]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|39.3|km2|disp=flip}}, all of it land. [[Pennsylvania Route 93|PA 93]] travels through the southern portion of the township, and links up with [[Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania|I-80]], just south of the municipality. [[Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania|I-81]] is east of the township.

Hollenback lies within a fertile valley between Hess Mountain (to the north) and [[Nescopeck Mountain]] (to the south). The center of the community is made up of small farming communities (e.g., the Hobbie Village). The northern and southern sections are made up of dense forests. Several creeks flow through the township (e.g., [[Big Wapwallopen Creek]] and [[Little Wapwallopen Creek]]).

===Education===
Hollenback Township is part of [[Berwick Area School District]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population|align=right
|2000= 1243
|2010= 1196
|2020= 1125
|estyear=2021
|estimate=1132
|estref={{r|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>
}}
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 1,243 people, 439 households, and 355 families residing in the township.

The population density was {{convert|79.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 466 housing units at an average density of {{convert|29.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

The racial makeup of the township was 98.39% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.32% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.08% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.16% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.05% 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 439 households, out of which 37.1% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 68.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the township the population was spread out, with 26.3% under the age of eighteen, 6.5% from eighteen to twenty-four, 30.1% from twenty-five to forty-four, 23.1% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 14.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years.

For every one hundred females, there were 99.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 97.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $42,063, and the median income for a family was $44,712. Males had a median income of $33,125 compared with that of $21,058 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the township was $16,794.

Roughly 5.9% of families and 7.3% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 13.2% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 10.1% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Luzerne County, Pennsylvania}}
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[[Category:Townships in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Townships in Pennsylvania]]