Editing Lake Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

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{{other Pennsylvania townships}}
{{infobox settlement
|name = Lake, Pennsylvania
|official_name = Township of Lake
|settlement_type = [[Local government in Pennsylvania#Township|Second-class township]]

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|image_skyline = ViewofLakeAriel1.JPG
|image_alt = A scenic view of a blue lake surrounded by hilly terrain and trees in the autumn.
|image_caption = Lake Ariel in the Village of Lake Ariel in the autumn.

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|image_map                = Wayne County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Lake township highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 260px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Wayne County, Pennsylvania|Wayne County]] and the state of [[Pennsylvania]].

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|coordinates       =

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|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Pennsylvania's congressional districts|US Congressional District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district|PA-8]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[Pennsylvania State Senate|State Senatorial District]]
|subdivision_name3 = [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 20|20]]
|subdivision_type4 = [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives|State House of Representatives District]]
|subdivision_name4 = [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 111|111]]
|subdivision_type5 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name5 = [[Wayne County, Pennsylvania|Wayne]]
|subdivision_type6 = [[List of school districts in Pennsylvania|School District]]
|subdivision_name6 = [[Western Wayne School District|Western Wayne]]<br>[[Western Wayne School District#Regions and constituent municipalities|Region II]]

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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 
|founder = 
|established_title1 = [[Municipal Corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date1 = 1876<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waynehistorypa.org/townships/salem.php|title=Salem Township|author=<!--staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2014|website=Wayne County Historical Society|accessdate=December 18, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219005503/http://www.waynehistorypa.org/townships/salem.php|archivedate=December 19, 2014}}</ref>
|named_for = Abundance of [[lake]]s in the area
|government_type = [[Board of Supervisors#Other states|Board of Supervisors]]
|leader_title = Board of Supervisors<ref>{{cite web|url=http://planning.co.wayne.pa.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Municipal-Index1.pdf|title=Municipal Index|author=<!--staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2011|website=Wayne County Planning Commission/GIS|publisher=WordPress|accessdate=November 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203074128/http://planning.co.wayne.pa.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Municipal-Index1.pdf|archive-date=December 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|leader_name = 
{{collapsible list
|title=Supervisors
|frame_style=border:none;padding:0;
|list_style=text-align:left;display:none;
|1=Robert F. Peters
|2=Scottie J. Swingle
|3=Fredric Birmelin
}}
|leader_title1 = [[United States House of Representatives|US Representative]]
|leader_name1 = [[Matt Cartwright]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
|leader_title2 = State Senator
|leader_name2 = [[Lisa Baker (Pennsylvania politician)|Lisa Baker]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])
|leader_title3 = State Representative
|leader_name3 = [[Jonathan Fritz (politician)|Jonathan Fritz]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])

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|area_total_km2 = 77.29
|area_total_sq_mi = 29.84
|area_land_km2 = 71.99
|area_land_sq_mi = 27.80
|area_water_km2 = 5.30
|area_water_sq_mi = 2.04

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|population_as_of = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_total = 5269
|population_density_km2 = 70.59
|population_density_sq_mi = 182.83

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|timezone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern Daylight (EDT)]]
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_m = 448
|elevation_ft = 1470<ref name="Lake Twp">{{cite gnis|id=1217220|name=Township of Lake|entrydate=December 1, 1989|accessdate=December 18, 2014}}</ref>
|area_code = [[Area codes 570 and 272|570]] 
|blank_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank_info = 1217220<ref name="Lake Twp"/>
|blank1_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank1_info = 42-127-40936<ref>{{cite American Factfinder|PA|township|4212740936|name=Lake Township|accessdate=December 18, 2014|source=age}}</ref>
|pop_est_as_of = 2016
|pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2016"/>
|population_est = 5082
|unit_pref = Imperial
|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|accessdate=August 14, 2017}}</ref>
}}

'''Lake''' is a [[Local government in Pennsylvania#Township|second-class township]] in [[Wayne County, Pennsylvania|Wayne County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The township's population was 5,269 at the time of the 2010 [[United States Census]].<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|29.8|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|27.8|sqmi|km2}}  is land and {{convert|2.0|sqmi|km2}}  (6.71%) is water.

==Communities==
The following [[Local government in Pennsylvania#Villages|villages]] are located in Lake Township:
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*Avoy<ref name="PennDOT">{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/63209.pdf|title=LAKE: SECOND CLASS TOWNSHIP MAP|author=<!--staff writer; no by-line.-->|date=September 10, 1993|website=Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania|accessdate=December 18, 2014}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite gnis|id=1198346|name=Avoy|entrydate=August 2, 1979|accessdate=December 18, 2014|links=off}}</ref>
*Gravity<ref name="PennDOT"/><ref>{{cite gnis|id=1198827|name=Gravity|entrydate=August 2, 1979|accessdate=December 18, 2014|links=off}}</ref>
*[[Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania|Lake Ariel]]<ref name="PennDOT"/> (also called Ariel<ref>{{cite report|first1=Israel Charles|last1=White|first2=John M.|last2=Dolph|date=1881|title=The Geology of Susquehanna County and Wayne County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=97kbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA5|publisher=Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania|volume=23|page=5|accessdate=December 18, 2014}}</ref>)
*Maplewood<ref name="PennDOT"/><ref>{{cite gnis|id=1199110|name=Maplewood|entrydate=August 2, 1979|accessdate=December 18, 2014|links=off}}</ref>
*Pink<ref name="PennDOT"/><ref>{{cite gnis|id=1204408|name=Pink|entrydate=August 2, 1979|accessdate=December 18, 2014|links=off}}</ref>
*Tresslarville<ref name="PennDOT"/>(also called Tresslers Corners<ref>{{cite gnis|id=1199690|name=Tresslarville|entrydate=August 2, 1979|accessdate=December 18, 2014|links=off}}</ref>)
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File:Village of Gravity.jpg|Village of Gravity
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2010= 5269
|estyear=2016
|estimate=5082
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=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|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the census of 2010, there were 5,269 people, 2,156 households, and 1,511 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|189.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 4,009 housing units at an average density of {{convert|144.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 96% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.7% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.9% of the population.

There were 2,156 households, out of which 21% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the township the population was spread out, with 19% under the age of 18, 57.8% from 18 to 64, and 23.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 49 years.

The median income for a household in the township was $33,887, and the median income for a family was $37,821. Males had a median income of $29,609 versus $21,406 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $16,274.  About 8.7% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 12.8% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Wayne County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Townships in Wayne County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Townships in Pennsylvania]]