Editing Piney Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
 | official_name            = Piney Township, Pennsylvania
 | settlement_type          = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Township]]
 | nickname                 = 
 | motto                    = 
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 | image_skyline            = Piney Township east of Sligo.jpg
 | imagesize                = 250px
 | image_caption            = Scene along [[Pennsylvania Route 68]] east of [[Sligo, Pennsylvania|Sligo]]
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 | image_seal               = 
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 | mapsize                  = 250px
 | map_caption              = Map of Clarion County, Pennsylvania highlighting Piney Township
 | image_map1               = Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Clarion County.svg
 | mapsize1                 = 250px
 | map_caption1             = Map of Clarion 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        = [[Clarion County, Pennsylvania|Clarion]]
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 | established_title        = Settled
 | established_date         = 1798
 | established_title1       = Incorporated
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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=Aug 13, 2017}}</ref>
 | area_magnitude           = 
 | area_total_km2           = 46.56
 | area_land_km2            = 46.02
 | area_water_km2           = 0.54
 | area_total_sq_mi         = 17.98
 | area_land_sq_mi          = 17.77
 | area_water_sq_mi         = 0.21
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 | population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
 | population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022">{{cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022 |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=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
 | population_total         = 402  {{decrease}}
 | population_density_km2   = 9.28
 | population_density_sq_mi = 24.03
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 | timezone                 = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
 | utc_offset               = -5
 | timezone_DST             = EDT
 | utc_offset_DST           = -4
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 | website                  = 
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 | pop_est_as_of            = 2022
 | pop_est_footnotes        = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/>
 | population_est           = 396
 | blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
 | blank_info               = 42-031-60648
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'''Piney Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] that is located in [[Clarion County, Pennsylvania|Clarion County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 402 at the time of the 2020 census,<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/> a decrease from the figure of 453 that was tabulated in 2010.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4203160648| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Piney township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=April 28, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20150428125043/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4203160648| archive-date=April 28, 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
Piney Township is located just southwest of the center of Clarion County and is bordered to the north by the [[Clarion River]] and to the southwest by the borough of [[Sligo, Pennsylvania|Sligo]]. Piney Creek flows across the northern corner of the township, into the Clarion River at the settlement of Piney.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|46.6|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|46.0|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.5|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 1.16%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|2010= 453
|2020= 402
|estyear=2022
|estimate=396
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2022"/>
|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=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 516 people, 142 households, and 112 families residing in the township.

The [[population density]] was {{convert|29.0|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 162 housing units at an average density of {{convert|9.1|/mi2|/km2}}.

The racial makeup of the township was 97.87% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.16% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.39% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.58% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.39% of the population.

There were 142 households, out of which 32.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 64.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.1% were non-families. 18.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.04.

Within the township, the population was spread out, with 20.2% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 3.7% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 22.9% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 15.9% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 37.4% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-eight years.

For every one hundred females, there were 74.3 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 68.9 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $31,375, and the median income for a family was $34,167. Males had a median income of $28,542 compared with that of $18,500 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the township was $16,473.

Approximately 10.8% of families and 14.3% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 22.8% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 3.8% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150228144109/http://www.clarioncountyato.org/piney.html Piney Township listing] at Clarion County Association of Township Officials

{{Clarion County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1798]]
[[Category:Townships in Clarion County, Pennsylvania]]