Editing Rayburn Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
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|official_name = Rayburn Township, Pennsylvania
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|image_caption = Along [[Pennsylvania Route 85]] at [[Sunnyside, Pennsylvania|Sunnyside]]
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|map_caption = Map of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, highlighting Rayburn Township
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Armstrong]]
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1784
|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = 1890
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|population_total = 1766
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|pop_est_as_of = 2021
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'''Rayburn Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] that is located in [[Armstrong County, Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 1,766 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 1,907 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/G001/0600000US4200563560| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210210111/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US4200563560| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 10, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Rayburn township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>

==Geography==
Rayburn Township is located in central Armstrong County and is bordered to the west by the [[Allegheny River]] and the borough of [[Kittanning, Pennsylvania|Kittanning]], the county seat. [[Cowanshannock Creek]] flows through the township into the Allegheny River.<ref>{{Cite gnis|id=1192306|name=Cowanshannock Creek|access-date=2010-11-15}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|31.3|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|30.7|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.6|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 2.04%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|2010= 1907
|2020= 1766
|estyear=2021
|estimate=1756
|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=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 1,811 people, 694 households, and 526 families residing in the township.

The population density was {{convert|152.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 737 housing units at an average density of {{convert|62.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial makeup]] of the township was 99.06% White, 0.33% African American, 0.28% from other races, and 0.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population.

There were 694 households, out of which 36.5% had children who were under the age of eighteen living with them, 64.8% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. 20.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.97.

The township median age of thirty-eight years was less than that of the county median age of forty years. The distribution by age group was 25.7% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 6.9% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 28.5% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 24.0% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 14.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years.

For every one hundred females, there were 96.2 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 91.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $29,830, and the median income for a family was $33,276. Males had a median income of $30,139 compared with that of $20,433 for females. 

The [[per capita income]] for the township was $14,490.

Approximately 13.9% of families and 17.1% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 25.3% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 10.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

==Cemeteries==
*County Home Cemetery<ref>{{cite gnis|2775895|County Home Cemetery}}</ref>
*Kittanning Cemetery<ref>{{cite gnis|2775924|Kittanning Cemetery}}</ref>
*Pine Creek Baptist Church Cemetery<ref>{{cite gnis|2777490|Pine Creek Baptist Church Cemetery}}</ref>
*Saint Joseph Cemetery<ref>{{cite gnis|1193255|Saint Joseph Cemetery}}</ref>
*Saint Marys Cemetery<ref>{{cite gnis|1193260|Saint Marys Cemetery}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Armstrong County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1784]]
[[Category:Townships in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania]]