Editing Plumcreek Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
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'''Plumcreek Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] that is located in [[Armstrong County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 2,106 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021">{{cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021 |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=June 29, 2022}}</ref> a decrease from the figure of 2,375 that was tabulated [[2010 United States census|in 2010]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200561576| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210234424/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200561576| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 10, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Plumcreek township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>

==History==
Plum Creek Township appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://usgwarchives.net/maps/pa/county/armstr/1876/plumcrk.jpg | title=Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 60 | publisher=Pomeroy, Whitman & Co. | year=1876 | access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref> Its early history is detailed in Robert Walter Smith's 1883 History of Armstrong County.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofarmstro01smit | title=History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Chapter 8, page 201 | author=Robert Walter Smith | publisher=Chicago: Waterman, Watkins. | year=1883 | access-date=November 7, 2018}}</ref>

===Cemeteries===
*Gastown Cemetery<ref>{{cite gnis|2775915|Gastown Cemetery}}</ref>
*Mount Union Lutheran Church Cemetery<ref>{{cite gnis|2775940|Mount Union Lutheran Church Cemetery}}</ref>
*Rowley Cemetery<ref>{{cite gnis|2775960|Rowley Cemetery}}</ref>
*Whitesburg Presbyterian Cemetery<ref>{{cite gnis|2775985|Whitesburg Presbyterian Cemetery}}</ref>
*Whitesburg United Methodist Church Cemetery<ref>{{cite gnis|2775984|Whitesburg United Methodist Church Cemetery}}</ref>

==Geography==
Plumcreek Township is located in southeastern Armstrong County. It was named after Plum Creek, which is a tributary of [[Crooked Creek (Allegheny River)|Crooked Creek]] andis also part of the [[Allegheny River]] watershed.

The township surrounds the borough of [[Elderton, Pennsylvania|Elderton]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|111.5|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|109.8|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|1.7|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 1.55%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|2010= 2375
|2020= 2106
|estyear=2021
|estimate=2091
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 2,304 people, 877 households, and 678 families residing in the township.

The population density was {{convert|54.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 935 housing units at an average density of 22.1/sq&nbsp;mi (8.5/km{{sup|2}}).

The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial makeup]] of the township was 99.44% White, 0.09% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.13% from other races, and 0.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.22% of the population.

There were 877 households, out of which 30.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 66.8% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.88.

The township median age of forty-one years was slightly more than the county median age of forty years. The distribution by age group was 22.0% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 6.2% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 28.3% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 27.4% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 16.1% who were sixty-five years of age or older.

For every one hundred females, there were 102.1 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 100.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $34,744, and the median income for a family was $39,559. Males had a median income of $28,802 compared with that of $19,095 for females.

The [[per capita income]] for the township was $14,624.

Approximately 8.2% of families and 11.9% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 17.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 14.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

==References==
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{{Armstrong County, Pennsylvania}}
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[[Category:Populated places established in 1788]]
[[Category:Pittsburgh metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Townships in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Townships in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1788 establishments in Pennsylvania]]