Editing Lycoming Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Distinguish|Old Lycoming Township, Pennsylvania}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Lycoming Township,<br />Lycoming County,<br />Pennsylvania
|settlement_type = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Township]]
|nickname = 
|motto =

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|image_caption = Scenery of Lycoming Township from [[US 15 (PA)|US 15]]
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|map_caption1 = Map of Lycoming 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 = [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lycoming]]
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1773
|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = 1858
|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|access-date=Aug 14, 2017}}</ref>
|area_magnitude = 
|area_total_km2 = 39.58
|area_land_km2 = 39.32
|area_water_km2 = 0.27
|area_total_sq_mi = 15.28
|area_land_sq_mi = 15.18
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.10
|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021">{{cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref>
|population_total = 1490 {{increase}}
|population_density_km2 = 37.59
|population_density_sq_mi = 97.36
|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_footnotes = <ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
|elevation_m = 231
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|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code = 17728
|area_code = [[Area code 570|570]]
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
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|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
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|pop_est_as_of = 2021
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|population_est = 1488
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'''Lycoming Township''' is a [[List of municipalities in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|township]] in [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lycoming County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 1,490 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/> It is part of the [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
Lycoming Township was formed from part of [[Old Lycoming Township, Pennsylvania|Old Lycoming Township]]. A petition from the residents of the northern part of what was Lycoming Township was submitted on April 26, 1858. The petition asked that Lycoming Township be divided into northern and southern portions. A vote held in the Newberry section of Williamsport agreed with the petitioners. A judge decreed that the northern portion be called "Lycoming Township" and the southern part be named "Old Lycoming Township" on December 2, 1858. The dividing line begins where Beautys Run flows into [[Lycoming Creek]] and follows a line of southwestward to Woodward and Anthony townships.<ref name="meg">{{cite book
 | last = Meginness
 | first = John Franklin
 | title = History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: including its aboriginal history; the colonial and revolutionary periods; early settlement and subsequent growth; organization and civil administration; the legal and medical professions; internal improvement; past and present history of Williamsport; manufacturing and lumber interests; religious, educational, and social development; geology and agriculture; military record; sketches of boroughs, townships, and villages; portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, etc. etc. 
 | year = 1892
 | url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/lyco-history-01.html
 | access-date = 2007-02-20
 | edition = 1st
 | publisher = Brown, Runk & Co.
 | location = Chicago
 | isbn = 0-7884-0428-8
 | chapter = Old Lycoming, Anthony, Woodward, and Lycoming
 | chapter-url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/Chapter-44.html
 | quote = (Note: ISBN refers to Heritage Books July 1996 reprint. URL is to a scan of the 1892 version with some [[Optical Character Recognition|OCR]] typos).
}}</ref>

==Geography==
Lycoming Township is in central Lycoming County and is bordered by [[Cogan House Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Cogan House]] and [[Lewis Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lewis]] townships to the north, [[Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Hepburn Township]] to the east, across [[Lycoming Creek]], [[Loyalsock Township, Pennsylvania|Loyalsock Township]] to the southeast, [[Old Lycoming Township, Pennsylvania|Old Lycoming Township]] to the south, [[Woodward Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Woodward Township]] to the southwest, and [[Anthony Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Anthony Township]] to the west.

[[U.S. Route 15 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 15]], the [[Appalachian Thruway]], passes through the eastern side of the township, following the Lycoming Creek valley. Access is from Exit 140 (Beautys Run Road) and partial Exit 143 ([[Pennsylvania Route 973]]). US-15 leads south {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]], the [[county seat]], and north {{convert|40|mi}} to [[Mansfield, Pennsylvania|Mansfield]]. PA-973 leads east {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Warrensville, Pennsylvania|Warrensville]] and west the same distance to [[Salladasburg, Pennsylvania|Salladasburg]]. Unincorporated communities within Lycoming Township are in the Lycoming Creek valley. From south to north, these are: Fairlawn, Perryville, and Quiggleville (a short distance up the valley of Hoagland Run).

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|39.6|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|39.3|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.3|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 0.67%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2016"/> The entire township is within the watershed of Lycoming Creek, which flows south to the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]] at Williamsport.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2010= 1478
|2020= 1490
|estyear=2021
|estimate=1488
|estref=<ref name="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=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,606 people, 614 households, and 469 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|105.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 658 housing units at an average density of {{convert|43.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 97.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.37% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.06% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.31% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.37% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.12% of the population.

There were 614 households, out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.5% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the township the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $37,262, and the median income for a family was $40,524. Males had a median income of $28,611 versus $21,488 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $15,395. About 4.7% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 15.6% of those age 65 or over.

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{{Lycoming County, Pennsylvania}}

[[Category:Townships in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1773]]
[[Category:1773 establishments in Pennsylvania]]