Editing Pavia Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
 | official_name            = Pavia Township, Pennsylvania
 | settlement_type          = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Township]]
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 | image_skyline            = Chair lift at Blue Konb State Park.jpg
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 | image_caption            = Ski hill at [[Blue Knob State Park]]
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 | map_caption              = Map of Bedford County, Pennsylvania highlighting Pavia Township
 | image_map1               = Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Bedford County.svg
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 | map_caption1             = Map of Bedford County, Pennsylvania
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 | subdivision_name         = United States
 | subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
 | subdivision_name1        = [[Pennsylvania]]
 | subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
 | subdivision_name2        = [[Bedford County, Pennsylvania|Bedford]]
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 | established_title        = Settled
 | established_date         = 1794
 | established_title1       = Incorporated
 | established_date1        = 1834, as ''Union Township''
 | established_title2       = Renamed
 | established_date2        = {{circa}} 1993 – 1995, as ''Pavia Township''
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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=August 13, 2017}}</ref>
 | area_magnitude           = 
 | area_total_km2           = 57.36
 | area_land_km2            = 57.35
 | area_water_km2           = 0.01
 | area_total_sq_mi         = 22.15
 | area_land_sq_mi          = 22.14
 | area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
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 | population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
 | population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023">{{cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 |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=October 12, 2024}}</ref>
 | population_total         = 288 {{decrease}}
 | population_density_km2   = 4.81
 | population_density_sq_mi = 12.46
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 | timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
 | utc_offset               = -5
 | timezone_DST             = EDT
 | utc_offset_DST           = -4
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 | postal_code              = 
 | area_code                = [[Area code 814|814]]
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 | pop_est_as_of            = 2023
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 | population_est           = 285
 | blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
 | blank_info               = 42-009-58492
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'''Pavia Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] that is located in [[Bedford County, Pennsylvania|Bedford County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 288 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023"/>

==History==
The township was known as '''Union Township''' until it changed its name to Pavia Township sometime between 1993 and 1995.<ref name=USGW>{{cite web |url=http://www.usgwarchives.net/maps/pa/county/bedfor/usgs/ |date=September 2, 2009 |title=Bedford County Pennsylvania, Township Map |author=McClelland, Ed |publisher=The USGenWeb Project |accessdate=October 25, 2015 |quote=Note: Union Township's name was changed in 1993 to Pavia Township.}}</ref><ref name=OGTHS>{{cite web |url=http://www.motherbedford.com/ogths5.htm |title=Some Facts About the Present-Day Townships That Descend From Old-Greenfield |publisher=Old-Greenfield Township Historical Society |accessdate=October 25, 2015 |quote=Pavia Township is located in Bedford County. She began her existence as Union Township and only recently (in 1995) was renamed Pavia Township.}}</ref>

==Geography==
Pavia Township is located in the northwestern corner of Bedford County, bordered to the west by [[Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Cambria County]] and to the north by [[Blair County, Pennsylvania|Blair County]]. A large portion of the township is occupied by [[Blue Knob State Park]], including the {{convert|3130|ft|adj=on}} summit of [[Blue Knob (Pennsylvania)|Blue Knob]], the second highest peak in Pennsylvania.

[[Pennsylvania Route 869]] is the only major road that passes through the township.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200958492 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212164051/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200958492 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pavia township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder |accessdate=March 6, 2014}}</ref> the township has a total area of {{convert|57.4|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.01|sqkm|order=flip|3}}, or 0.02%, is water.

==Recreation==
In addition to Blue Knob State Park, a portion of the [[Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 26]] occupies the northwestern portion of the township.<ref name="TheNationalMap">https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/ The National Map, retrieved October 3, 2018</ref><ref name="PASGL">[https://www.pgc.pa.gov/HuntTrap/StateGameLands/Documents/SGL%20Maps/SGL__026.pdf Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 26], retrieved October 3, 2018</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|2010= 295
|2020= 288
|estyear=2023
|estimate=285
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023"/>
|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=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 325 people, 122 households, and 91 families residing in the township.

The [[population density]] was {{convert|14.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 191 housing units at an average density of {{convert|8.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}.

The racial makeup of the township was 99.69% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 0.31% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.31% of the population.

There were 122 households, out of which 33.6% had children who were under the age of eighteen; 62.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 2.97.

Within the township, the population was spread out, with 24.6% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 6.8% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 31.1% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 26.2% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.4% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-seven years.

For every one hundred females there were 112.4 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 100.8 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $35,000, and the median income for a family was $38,750. Males had a median income of $25,000 compared with that of $21,250 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the township was $16,115.

Approximately 5.8% of families and 9.1% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 7.0% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 19.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

==References==
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{{Bedford County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1794]]
[[Category:Townships in Bedford County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1794 establishments in Pennsylvania]]