Editing Lower Augusta Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Distinguish|Upper Augusta Township, Pennsylvania}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Lower Augusta Township, Pennsylvania
|settlement_type = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Township]]
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|image_skyline = Pennsylvania Route 147 in Lower Augusta Township.JPG
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|image_caption = [[Pennsylvania Route 147]] in Lower Augusta Township, with Little Mountain in the background
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|image_map = Map of Northumberland County Pennsylvania Highlighting Lower Augusta Township.PNG
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|map_caption = Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania highlighting Lower Augusta Township
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|map_caption1 = Map of Northumberland County, 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 = [[Northumberland County, Pennsylvania|Northumberland]]
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|government_type = Board of Supervisors
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1794
|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = 1846
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|unit_pref = Imperial
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|population_as_of = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_footnotes = 
|population_total = 1064
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|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|area_code = [[Area code 570|570]]
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|pop_est_as_of = 2016
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|population_est = 1038
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
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'''Lower Augusta Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in [[Northumberland County, Pennsylvania|Northumberland County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States.

The population at the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 Census]] was 1,064,<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lower Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=Aug 22, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212211026/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table| archive-date=February 12, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> a decline from the figure of 1,079 tabulated in 2000.

==History==
This township was formed in 1846 by the division of [[Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania|Augusta Township]] (one of the seven original townships of Northumberland County formed in 1772) into [[Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania|Upper]] and Lower sections.

==Geography==
[[File:Selinsgrove Bridge PA 1999.jpg|thumb|right|[[Selinsgrove Bridge]]]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of 20.4&nbsp;square miles (52.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 18.2&nbsp;square miles (47.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>)  is land and 2.2&nbsp;square miles (5.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>)  (10.58%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2010= 1064
|estyear=2016
|estimate=1038
|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]]<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 1,079 people, 401 households, and 322 families residing in the township.

The population density was {{convert|59.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 425 housing units at an average density of 23.3/sq&nbsp;mi (9.0/km<sup>2</sup>).

The racial makeup of the township was 98.42% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.19% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.56% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.83% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.28% of the population.

There were 401 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 71.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.5% were non-families. 15.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the township, the population was spread out, with 21.5% under the age of eighteen, 8.8% from eighteen to twenty-four, 25.8% from twenty-five to forty-four, 31.0% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 13.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-one years.

For every one hundred females there were 103.6 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 104.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $41,087, and the median income for a family was $44,417. Males had a median income of $30,969 compared with that of $20,147 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the township was $16,877.

Roughly 1.5% of families and 2.7% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 0.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 5.6% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

==References==
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{{Northumberland County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1794]]
[[Category:Townships in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1794 establishments in Pennsylvania]]