Editing Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Other uses|Allen Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation){{!}}Allen Township, Pennsylvania}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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 | official_name            = Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania
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 | motto                    = "A Township of the First Class"
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|2000= 17437
|2010= 17980
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'''Lower Allen Township''' is a [[township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in [[Cumberland County, Pennsylvania|Cumberland County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 17,980 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4204144832| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Lower Allen township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=June 22, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213153239/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4204144832| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

The township has [[State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill]],<ref>"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=06000US4204144832&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Lower Allen township, Pennsylvania]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/hide_camp_hill/7261/driving_directions/562909 Directions to SCI Camp Hill]." [[Pennsylvania Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.</ref><!--The directions lead to 2500 Lisburn Road Camp Hill, PA 17001-8837--> and it formerly had the headquarters of the [[Pennsylvania Department of Corrections]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135006/http://www.cor.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/department_of_corrections/4604 Welcome to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections]." [[Pennsylvania Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on December 7, 2009. "2520 Lisburn Road, P.O. Box 598, Camp Hill, PA 17001-0598"</ref>

==History==
The [[Etters Bridge]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1986.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
The township is near the southeastern corner of Cumberland County, bordered to the southeast by [[Yellow Breeches Creek]], a tributary of the [[Susquehanna River]]. The creek forms the boundary with [[York County, Pennsylvania|York County]]. The township is bordered to the east by the borough of [[New Cumberland, Pennsylvania|New Cumberland]], to the north by the boroughs of [[Lemoyne, Pennsylvania|Lemoyne]] and [[Camp Hill, Pennsylvania|Camp Hill]], [[Hampden Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania|Hampden Township]], and the borough of [[Shiremanstown, Pennsylvania|Shiremanstown]], to the northwest by the borough of [[Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania|Mechanicsburg]], and to the west by [[Upper Allen Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Allen Township]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|26.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|26.2|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.5|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 1.96%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

[[Interstate 83]] runs along the eastern edge of the township, with access from Exits 40B (Carlisle Road) and 41A (Lowther Road). The [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]] [[Capital Beltway (Harrisburg)|Capital Beltway]] runs along the northern border of the township or just north of it, and the [[U.S. Route 15 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 15]] freeway crosses the northwest part of the township, with access from three exits (Rossmoyne Road, Slate Hill Road, and Lower Allen Drive at the [[Capital City Mall]]). [[Interstate 76 (east)|Interstate 76]], the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]], crosses the center of the township, with the closest access to the west in Upper Allen Township, where the turnpike crosses US 15 at Exit 236.

[[unincorporated community|Unincorporated communities]] in the township:
*[[Lower Allen, Pennsylvania|Lower Allen]]
*[[Lisburn, Pennsylvania|Lisburn]]

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 17,437 people, 6,314 households, and 3,801 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|1,695.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,520 housing units at an average density of {{convert|633.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the township was 85.71% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 10.83% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.13% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.89% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.06% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.60% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.77% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.68% of the population.

There were 6,314 households, out of which 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.8% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.76.

In the township the population was spread out, with 15.4% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 127.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 131.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $46,172, and the median income for a family was $57,973. Males had a median income of $38,013 versus $29,798 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $24,735. About 4.5% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.latwp.org Lower Allen Township official website]

{{Cumberland County, Pennsylvania}}

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