Editing Noyes Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
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|image_caption = [[Pennsylvania Route 144]] passes through Noyes Township.
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|image_map = 2025 Noyes Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania (highlighted shape).png
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|established_date = 1775
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|population_total = 333 {{decrease}}
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'''Noyes Township''' is a township that is located in [[Clinton County, Pennsylvania|Clinton County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 333 at the time of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]],<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/> a decline from the total of 357 that was counted in 2010.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4203555744| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Noyes township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=May 18, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213130017/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4203555744| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
Noyes Township was cut off and formed from [[Chapman Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania|Chapman Township]] in 1875, and was named in honor of Colonel A. C. Noyes, the most prominent citizen residing within the limits of the area. The first settlement in the territory was made around the time of the [[American Revolution]], or shortly after, on the lower, north side and near the mouth of Kettle Creek.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical View of Clinton County, Pennsylvania by "D. S. Maynard" |url=http://www.clintoncogensociety.org/history/noyes.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=www.clintoncogensociety.org}}</ref>

In 2025, [[East Keating Township, Pennsylvania|East Keating Township]] merged into Noyes Township.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller|first=Christopher|date=2024-11-05|title=Election Results: East Keating Township merger with Noyes gets support|url=https://therecord-online.com/site/archives/118192|work=The Record-Online|location=Renovo, Pa.|access-date=2024-12-31}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|233.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|230.0|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|3.0|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 1.29%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1980= 631
|1990= 463
|2000= 419
|2010= 357
|2020= 333
|estyear=2021
|estimate=333
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|footnote=source:<ref>{{cite web|title = Clinton County Comprehensive Plan|publisher = Clinton County, Pennsylvania|url = http://www.clintoncountypa.com/4203500000ccp0030.pdf|format = PDF|accessdate = September 19, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071129122231/http://www.clintoncountypa.com/4203500000ccp0030.pdf|archive-date = November 29, 2007|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name=datacenter>{{cite web|title = Population Change 1990–2000: Pennsylvania|publisher = Pennsylvania State Data Center|url = http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/PaSDC/census_2000/cou_profiles/Pop035.html|accessdate = September 19, 2007|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071117170132/http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/PaSDC/census_2000/cou_profiles/Pop035.html|archivedate = November 17, 2007}}</ref>
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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 419 people, 186 households, and 127 families residing in the township.

The [[population density]] was 4.7 people per square mile (1.8/km{{sup|2}}). There were 368 housing units at an average density of 4.1/sq&nbsp;mi (1.6/km{{sup|2}}).

The racial makeup of the township was 99.52% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 0.48% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]].

There were 186 households, out of which 19.9% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 54.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.5% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.75.

Within the township, the population was spread out, with 18.1% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 4.1% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 19.6% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 32.2% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 26.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-nine years.

For every one hundred females, there were 98.6 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 101.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $28,036, and the median income for a family was $34,318. Males had a median income of $33,438 compared with that of $22,917 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the township was $17,094.

Approximately 13.3% of families and 15.7% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 22.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 16.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

==References==
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{{Clinton County, Pennsylvania}}

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==External links==
*[http://www.clintoncogensociety.org/history/noyes.html Historical View of Noyes Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania by "D. S. Maynard"]

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1775]]
[[Category:Townships in Clinton County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Townships in Pennsylvania]]