Editing Lower Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
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{{other Pennsylvania townships|Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Lower Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania
|settlement_type = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Township]]
|nickname = 
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|map_caption = Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania highlighting Lower Mahanoy Township
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|map_caption1 = Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
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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 = [[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 = 1777
|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = 1806
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|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>
|area_magnitude = 
|area_total_km2 = 66.31
|area_land_km2 = 56.51
|area_water_km2 = 9.80
|area_total_sq_mi = 25.60
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|area_water_sq_mi = 3.79
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|population_as_of = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_footnotes = 
|population_total = 1709
|population_density_km2 = 29.52
|population_density_sq_mi = 76.45
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|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|area_code = [[Area code 570|570]]
|website = 
|footnotes = 
|pop_est_as_of = 2016
|pop_est_footnotes = <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>
|population_est = 1668
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 42-097-44960
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'''Lower Mahanoy 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 1,709,<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 Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=August 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> an increase over the figure of 1,586 tabulated in 2000.

==History==
The [[Dauphin County Bridge No. 27]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1993.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of 25.5&nbsp;square miles (65.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 21.9&nbsp;square miles (56.8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>)  is land and 3.5&nbsp;square miles (9.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>)  (13.90%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2010= 1709
|estyear=2016
|estimate=1668
|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=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,586 people, 634 households, and 486 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|72.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 691 housing units at an average density of {{convert|31.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 99.43% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.38% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.06% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.13% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.19% of the population.

There were 634 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.3% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the township the population was spread out, with 22.2% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $39,279, and the median income for a family was $43,750. Males had a median income of $31,183 versus $21,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $17,097.  About 2.6% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.7% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

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

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1777]]
[[Category:Townships in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Townships in Pennsylvania]]