Editing New Hanover Township, Pennsylvania

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{{other Pennsylvania townships|Hanover Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)}}
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'''New Hanover Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 10,939 at the 2010 census.

==History==
New Hanover Township is a portion of the original Hanover Township.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of 21.6&nbsp;square miles (55.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land. It consists mainly of rolling hills and valleys and is drained by the [[Schuylkill River]] mostly via the [[Perkiomen Creek]]. Its villages include Fagleysville, Frederick (also in Upper Frederick Township,) Hoffmansville, [[Layfield, Pennsylvania|Layfield]], New Hanover, [[New Hanover Square, Pennsylvania|New Hanover Square]], and [[Sassamansville, Pennsylvania|Sassamansville]] (also in Douglass Township.)

New Hanover has a hot-summer [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfa'') and is in [[hardiness zone]]s 6b and 7a. The average monthly temperatures in Layfield range from 30.6&nbsp;°F in January to 75.3&nbsp;°F in July. [http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/] The average annual absolute minimum temperature in Layfield is 0.6&nbsp;°F. [https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/InteractiveMap.aspx]

===Adjacent municipalities===
*[[Upper Hanover Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Hanover Township]] (northeast)
*[[Upper Frederick Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Frederick Township]] (east)
*[[Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Limerick Township]] (southeast)
*[[Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Lower Pottsgrove Township]] (south)
*[[Upper Pottsgrove Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Pottsgrove Township]] (southwest)
*[[Douglass Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Douglass Township]] (northwest)

==Demographics==
{{stack|{{US Census population
|1930= 1467
|1940= 1476
|1950= 1745
|1960= 3218
|1970= 4211
|1980= 4623
|1990= 5956
|2000= 7369
|2010= 10939
|2020= 12973
|footnote=<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dvrpc.org/data/databull/rdb/db82/appedixa.xls |title=DVRPC > Site Search |access-date=March 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409042424/https://www.dvrpc.org/data/databull/rdb/db82/appedixa.xls |archive-date=April 9, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2020 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newhanovertownshipmontgomerycountypennsylvania/PST045219}}</ref>
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As of the 2010 census, the township was 95.3% White, 1.2% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 2.0% Asian, and 1.2% were two or more races. 1.6% 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=March 14, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 7,369 people, 2,532 households, and 2,147 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|341.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,615 housing units at an average density of {{convert|121.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 98.32% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.31% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.07% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.79% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.05% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.45% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.76% of the population.

There were 2,532 households, out of which 40.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.2% were non-families. 12.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the township the population was spread out, with 27.5% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 100.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $67,097, and the median income for a family was $70,789. Males had a median income of $51,420 versus $33,578 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $25,084. About 1.3% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 1.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Government and politics==
[[File:New Hanover Township Building II.jpg|thumb|New Hanover Township Building]]
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|+ '''Presidential elections results'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Montco Election Results |url=https://www.montcopa.org/Archive.aspx?AMID=132}}</ref>
|-
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2020|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''54.8%''' ''4,228''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|43.6% ''3,359''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2016|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''56.3%''' ''3,373''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|38.9% ''2,332''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''56.3%''' ''2,870''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|42.1% ''2,143''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''51.2%''' ''2,514''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|47.9% ''2,352''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''56.5%''' ''2,398''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|43.0% ''1,825''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''55.7%''' ''1,655''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|41.3% ''1,225''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''49.2%''' ''1,173''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|36.1% ''861''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 1992|1992]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''42.1%''' ''1,026''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|30.8% ''751''
|-
|}

==Board of Supervisors==
New Hanover is a second-class township and elects five at-large supervisors
*Marie Livelsberger - Chair
*Kurt Zebrowski - Vice Chair
*William Ross Snook
*Boone Flint
*Keith Youse

==Transportation==
{{stack|[[File:2022-10-30 11 25 58 View west along Pennsylvania State Route 73 (Big Road) just west of Hoffmansville Road, New Hanover Square Road and Renninger Road in New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.jpg|right|thumb|PA 73 westbound in New Hanover Township]]}}
As of 2020 there were {{convert|89.23|mi}} of public roads in New Hanover Township, of which {{convert|10.11|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]] (PennDOT) and {{convert|79.12|mi}} were maintained by the township.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web |url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/46212.pdf |title=New Hanover Township map |publisher=PennDOT |access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref>

[[Pennsylvania Route 73]] and [[Pennsylvania Route 663]] are the primary highways serving New Hanover Township. PA 73 follows an east-west alignment along Big Road, while PA 663 follows a northeast-southwest alignment along North Charlotte Street and Layfield Road. The two routes also share a brief concurrency near the center of the township. [[Pottstown Area Rapid Transit]] (PART) provides bus service to the western section of the township along the Orange Line route, which heads south to [[Pottstown, Pennsylvania|Pottstown]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Schedule |publisher=Pottstown Area Rapid Transit |url=https://www.pottstown.org/DocumentCenter/View/3378/Schedule-for-Website |access-date=January 20, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania}}
* [http://www.newhanover-pa.org/ New Hanover Township]
{{Montgomery County, Pennsylvania}}

[[Category:Townships in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]]