Editing New Garden Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{for|the township in Indiana|New Garden Township, Wayne County, Indiana}}
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'''New Garden Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States, which was organized in 1714. The population was 11,363 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="QF2020"/>

New Garden is the center of the [[mushroom]] [[agribusiness]] in southeastern Pennsylvania with a higher concentration of composting, mushroom growing, packaging, and shipping businesses than in any other municipality in the area.  It was named for the New Garden Friends' Meeting House, an eighteenth-century brick house of worship of the [[Religious Society of Friends]], within its territorial limits.

==History==
[[File:New Garden Friends Meeting ChesCo PA.jpg|thumb|New Garden Friends Meeting in the township]]
[[Merestone]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1995.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|16.2|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|16.1|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi}}, or 0.31%, is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1930= 2391
|1940= 2716
|1950= 3027
|1960= 3718
|1970= 4153
|1980= 4790
|1990= 5430
|2000= 9083
|2010= 11984
|2020= 11363
|footnote=<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dvrpc.org/data/databull/rdb/db82/appedixa.xls |title=DVRPC > Site Search |access-date=2014-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409042424/https://www.dvrpc.org/data/databull/rdb/db82/appedixa.xls |archive-date=2019-04-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 2020<ref name="QF2020">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts:New Garden township, Chester County, Pennsylvania |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newgardentownshipchestercountypennsylvania/PST045219}}</ref>
}}
{{update|section|date=October 2021|reason=Newer information is available from the 2020 Census report}}

At the 2010 census, the township was 66.8% non-Hispanic White, 3.0% Black or African American, 0.5% Native American, 3.0% Asian, and 2.2% were two or more races. 26.4% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/profile/PA |title=Census 2010: Philadelphia gains, Pittsburgh shrinks in population |work=[[USA Today]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314234139/https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/profile/PA |archive-date=2011-03-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of the 2000 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> there were 9,083 people, 2,700 households, and 2,200 families residing in the township.  The population density was {{convert|562.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 2,831 housing units at an average density of {{convert|175.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the township was 84.91% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.67% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.41% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.30% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 8.07% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.61% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 22.73% of the population.

There were 2,700 households, out of which 46.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.5% were non-families. 14.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 3.16 and the average family size was 3.45.

In the township, the population was spread out, with 30.7% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 34.1% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 119.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 121.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $75,307, and the median income for a family was $89,812. Males had a median income of $54,524 versus $32,792 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $30,364.  About 0.8% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Transportation==
{{stack|[[File:2022-09-15 11 28 56 View north along U.S. Route 1 (Kennett-Oxford Bypass) from the overpass for Bancroft Road in New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|[[U.S. Route 1 in Pennsylvania|US 1]] northbound in New Garden Township]]}}
As of 2020, there were {{convert|85.73|mi}} of public roads in New Garden Township, of which {{convert|24.88|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|60.85|mi}} were maintained by the township.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web|url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/15225.pdf|title=New Garden Township map|publisher=PennDOT|access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 1 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 1]] is the most prominent highway serving New Garden Township. It follows the Kennett Oxford Bypass along an east-west alignment across the northern portion of the township. [[Pennsylvania Route 41]] is the only other numbered roads serving the township. It follows Gap Newport Pike along a northwest-southeast alignment through the middle of the township.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.newgarden.org/ New Garden Township]

{{Chester County, Pennsylvania}}

[[Category:Townships in Chester County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1714 establishments in Pennsylvania]]