Editing Upper Fairfield Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{other Pennsylvania townships|Fairfield Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)}}
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|official_name            = Upper Fairfield Township,<br>Lycoming County,<br>Pennsylvania
|settlement_type          = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Township]]
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|image_caption            = Eder's Ice Cream in Upper Fairfield Township
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|map_caption              = Map of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania highlighting Upper Fairfield Township
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|map_caption1 = Map of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

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|subdivision_name1        = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lycoming]]

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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1800
|established_title1 = Incorporated
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|area_land_sq_mi          = 17.96
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <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=15 July 2022}}</ref>
|population_total         = 1807 {{decrease}}
|population_density_km2   = 38.80
|population_density_sq_mi = 100.48

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|website                  = {{URL|upperfairfieldtwp.org}}
|footnotes                = 
|pop_est_as_of = 2021
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|population_est = 1801
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'''Upper Fairfield Township''' is a [[List of municipalities in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|township]] in [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lycoming County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 1,807 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/> It is part of the [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
The history of Upper Fairfield Township begins in 1851 when some dissatisfied citizens of the southern portion of [[Fairfield Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Fairfield Township]] asked to be separated from the neighbors to the north. The citizens of the northern portion were strongly opposed to division, but the township was divided against their wishes on September 12, 1851.<ref name="meg">{{cite book
 | last = Meginness
 | first = John Franklin
 | title = History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: including its aboriginal history; the colonial and revolutionary periods; early settlement and subsequent growth; organization and civil administration; the legal and medical professions; internal improvement; past and present history of Williamsport; manufacturing and lumber interests; religious, educational, and social development; geology and agriculture; military record; sketches of boroughs, townships, and villages; portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, etc. etc. 
 | year = 1892
 | url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/lyco-history-01.html
 | access-date = 2007-02-20
 | edition = 1st
 | publisher = Brown, Runk & Co.
 | location = Chicago
 | isbn = 0-7884-0428-8
 | chapter = Muncy, Fairfield, Upper Fairfield, and Mill Creek
 | chapter-url = http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/history/Chapter-36.html
 | quote = (Note: ISBN refers to Heritage Books July 1996 reprint. URL is to a scan of the 1892 version with some [[Optical Character Recognition|OCR]] typos).
}}</ref>

Upper Fairfield Township was called Pollock Township during its first two years. It was named for Judge James Pollock, president of the district court that ordered the township to be divided, and a controversial figure at the time. Since the citizens of Upper Fairfield Township opposed division, they were disturbed by its name. Following a petition to the court that the township's name be changed, an act of the [[Pennsylvania General Assembly]] changed the name to Upper Fairfield Township on January 29, 1853.<ref name="meg"/>

==Geography==
Upper Fairfield Township is in east-central Lycoming County and is bordered by [[Plunketts Creek Township, Pennsylvania|Plunketts Creek Township]] to the north, [[Mill Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Mill Creek Township]] to the east, [[Muncy Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Muncy Township]] to the southeast, [[Fairfield Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Fairfield Township]] to the south, [[Loyalsock Township, Pennsylvania|Loyalsock Township]] to the southwest, and [[Eldred Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Eldred Township]] to the west. [[Loyalsock Creek]] is the boundary line between Upper Fairfield and Loyalsock townships as well as Upper Fairfield and Eldred.

[[Pennsylvania Route 87]] crosses the west side of the township, following Loyalsock Creek. The highway leads south {{convert|3|mi|0}} to [[Montoursville, Pennsylvania|Montoursville]] and northeast {{convert|28|mi}} to [[Forksville, Pennsylvania|Forksville]]. PA-87 passes through the unincorporated communities of Farragut and Loyalsockville in the township, Farragut to the south and Loyalsockville to the north. [[Pennsylvania Route 864]] has its western terminus at PA-87 in Farragut and leads east up the valley of Mill Creek, passing through Fairfield Center near the eastern border of the township and continuing east {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Picture Rocks, Pennsylvania|Picture Rocks]]. [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]], the Lycoming [[county seat]], is {{convert|10|mi|0}} southwest of the township.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|46.9|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|46.5|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.4|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 0.86%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0600000US4208179024&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P1| title=Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Upper Fairfield township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov| access-date=November 25, 2020}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2010= 1823
|2020= 1807
|estyear=2021
|estimate=1801
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|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|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,854 people, 682 households, and 544 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|102.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 736 housing units at an average density of {{convert|40.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the township was 99.35% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.05% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.59% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.49% of the population.

There were 682 households, out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.2% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the township the population was spread out, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $42,031, and the median income for a family was $47,500. Males had a median income of $29,896 versus $23,380 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $18,193. About 4.7% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.3% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|upperfairfieldtwp.org}}

{{Lycoming County, Pennsylvania}}

[[Category:Townships in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1800]]
[[Category:1800 establishments in Pennsylvania]]