Editing Montour Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
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|official_name = Montour Township,<br> Pennsylvania
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|image_caption = The [[Dutch Valley]] in Montour Township
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|map_caption = Map of Columbia County, Pennsylvania highlighting Montour Township
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|map_caption1 = Map of Columbia County, Pennsylvania
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|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Columbia County, Pennsylvania|Columbia]]
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1788
|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = 1837
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|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 13, 2017}}</ref>
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|area_total_km2 = 24.87
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|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=July 28, 2022}}</ref>
|population_total = 1263 {{decrease}}
|population_density_km2 = 55.17
|population_density_sq_mi = 142.87
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|area_code = [[Area code 570|570]]
|website = {{URL|montourtownship.org}}
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|pop_est_as_of = 2021
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|population_est = 1263
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'''Montour Township''' is a [[township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in [[Columbia County, Pennsylvania|Columbia County]], [[Pennsylvania]]. It is part of [[Northeastern Pennsylvania]].

The population was 1,263 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>

==History==
The [[Rupert Covered Bridge No. 56]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1979.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Scenery in Montour Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.JPG|thumb|right|Scenery in Montour Township]]
Montour Township is in western Columbia County, bordered on the west by [[Montour County, Pennsylvania|Montour County]]. The [[Susquehanna River]] forms the southern and part of the eastern boundary, and [[Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River)|Fishing Creek]] forms the remainder of the eastern boundary, separating the township from the town of [[Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania|Bloomsburg]], the [[county seat]].

The unincorporated community of [[Rupert, Pennsylvania|Rupert]] is located in the eastern part of the township, near the mouth of Fishing Creek.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|24.9|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|23.7|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 4.68%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4203750704| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Montour township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=May 26, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213120522/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4203750704| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|2010= 1344
|2020= 1263
|estyear=2021
|estimate=1263
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
}}
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 1,437 people, 592 households, and 425 families residing in the township.

The population density was {{convert|155.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 612 housing units at an average density of {{convert|66.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

The racial makeup of the township was 97.91% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.42% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.21% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.11% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.84% of the population.

There were 592 households, out of which 29.1% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 57.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the township the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of eighteen, 7.0% from eighteen to twenty-four, 26.9% from twenty-five to forty-four, 27.1% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 16.7% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-two years.

For every one hundred females, there were 96.6 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 96.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $38,125, and the median income for a family was $42,583. Males had a median income of $31,250 compared with that of $22,868 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,670.

Roughly 7.8% of families and 10.1% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 13.3% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 6.0% of those aged sixty-five or over.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://montourtownship.org Montour Township official website]

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1788]]
[[Category:Bloomsburg–Berwick metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Townships in Columbia County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Townships in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1788 establishments in Pennsylvania]]