Editing Millstone Township, Pennsylvania

{{Short description|Township in Pennsylvania, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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 | official_name            = Millstone Township,<br />Pennsylvania
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 | image_caption            = A small stream along Hallton-Belltown Road
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 | image_map                = Elk County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Millstone township highlighted.svg
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 | map_caption              = Location in [[Elk County, Pennsylvania|Elk County]] and the state of [[Pennsylvania]].
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 | subdivision_name2        = [[Elk County, Pennsylvania|Elk]]
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 | established_title        = Settled
 | established_date         = 1826
 | established_title1       = Incorporated
 | established_date1        = 1870
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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=Aug 13, 2017}}</ref>
 | area_total_km2           = 107.74
 | area_land_km2            = 107.42
 | area_water_km2           = 0.33
 | area_total_sq_mi         = 41.60
 | area_land_sq_mi          = 41.47
 | area_water_sq_mi         = 0.13
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 | population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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 | population_total         = 95
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 | pop_est_as_of            = 2022
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 | population_est           = 93
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 | blank_info               = 42-047-49888
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'''Millstone Township''' is a township in [[Elk County, Pennsylvania|Elk County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 95 at the 2020 census,<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/> up from 82 in [[2010 United States Census|2010]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4204749888| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Millstone township, Elk County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=March 14, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213120143/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4204749888| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Millstone Township took its name from Millstone Creek, a tributary of the [[Clarion River]].<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028854300|year=1890|publisher=J. H. Beers & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028854300/page/n757 712]}}</ref>

==Geography==
The township occupies the western end of Elk County and is bordered by [[Forest County, Pennsylvania|Forest County]] to the north and west and by [[Jefferson County, Pennsylvania|Jefferson County]] to the south. The [[Clarion River]] forms the southern boundary of the township.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|107.7|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|107.4|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.3|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 0.30%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|2000= 95
|2010= 82
|2020= 95
|estyear=2022
|estimate=93
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/>
|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 95 people, 44 households, and 28 families residing in the township. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 403 housing units at an average density of {{convert|9.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the township was 94.74% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.05% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 4.21% from two or more races.

There were 44 households, out of which 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 31.8% 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 2.16 and the average family size was 2.66.

In the township the population was spread out, with 20.0% under the age of 18, 2.1% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 102.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $21,250, and the median income for a family was $23,750. Males had a median income of $21,250 versus $11,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $11,462. There were 17.9% of families and 26.9% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 66.7% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==Education==
It is in the [[Forest Area School District]].<!--UNI 08280--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42047_elk/DC20SD_C42047.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Elk County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-07-23}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42047_elk/DC20SD_C42047_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==References==
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{{Elk County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1826]]
[[Category:Townships in Elk County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1826 establishments in Pennsylvania]]