Editing Upper Moreland Township, Pennsylvania

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{{other Pennsylvania townships|Moreland Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)}}
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| name               = Upper Moreland Township
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| elevation_ft       = 177
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| postal_code        = 19006, 19040, 19090
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| area_code          = [[Area codes 215, 267, and 445|215, 267 and 445]]
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'''Upper Moreland Township''' is a [[Township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]]. Its population was 24,015 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. Upper Moreland Township is a primarily residential community located about 13 miles outside [[Center City, Philadelphia|Center City]] [[Philadelphia]]. It is made up of distinctive neighborhoods that are complemented by several thriving business, industrial, and commercial districts.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|7.5|sqmi}}, all  land. Upper Moreland is part of the [[Delaware Valley|Philadelphia metropolitan area]] and is about {{convert|15|mi}} north of Center City, Philadelphia. The township is bordered by the Montgomery County communities of [[Hatboro, Pennsylvania|Hatboro]], [[Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Horsham]], [[Upper Dublin Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Dublin]], [[Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Abington]], [[Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania|Bryn Athyn]], and [[Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Lower Moreland]], while [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]] lies to the north.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1930= 3989
|1940= 5103
|1950= 8936
|1960= 21032
|1970= 24866
|1980= 25874
|1990= 25313
|2000= 24993
|2010= 24015
|2020= 26116
|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><ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2020 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/uppermorelandtownshipmontgomerycountypennsylvania/PST045219}}</ref>
}}
At the 2010 [[census]], the township was 85.2% White, 5.1% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 4.4% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 1.3% were some other race, and 1.9% were two or more races. About 3.6% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/profile/PA#locality-tab Census 2010: Pennsylvania]. Usatoday.Com. Retrieved on July 21, 2013.</ref>

At the 2000 census,<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>  24,993 people, 10,120 households, and 6,638 families were residing in the township. The [[population density]] was {{convert|3,139.6|/sqmi}}. The 10,403 housing units had an average density of {{convert|1,306.8|/sqmi}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] was 90.72% White, 4.36% African American, 0.10% Native American, 3.17% Asian, 0.60% from other races, and 1.04% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1.73% of the population.

Of the 10,120 households, 28.3% had children under 18 living with them, 53.4% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were not families. About 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.00.

The township's age distribution was 22.1% under 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 88.0 males.

The [[median household income]] was $50,454 and the median family income was $61,143. Males had a median income of $41,697 and females $31,963. The [[per capita income]] was $25,382.  About 3.0% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.1% of those under 18 and 5.3% of those 65 or over.

==History==
[[William Penn]] presented the tract of land around present-day Upper Moreland Township to Nicholas More in 1682. At the time, the area was referred to as the "Manor of Mooreland". [[Moreland Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Moreland Township]] was first used to describe the tract in the 18th centurym but the current boundaries were not fixed until 1916m when a line was drawn through the [[Pennypack Creek]] and two municipalities were created: Upper and [[Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Moreland Township]]s. In 1930, Upper Moreland Township was formally organized as a first-class township.

==Government==
[[File:Upper Moreland Township municipal building.jpg|thumb|right|Upper Moreland Township municipal building]]
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Presidential elections results'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.montcopa.org/Archive.aspx?AMID=132 |title=Montgomery County Election Results |publisher=Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |access-date=January 16, 2017}}</ref>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|[[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|41.9% ''6,297''
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''57.0%''' ''8,569''
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2020|2020]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|40.0% ''6,045''
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''58.3%''' ''8,840''
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2016|2016]]
|style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|40.7% ''5,275''
|style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"|'''53.8%''' ''6,973''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|43.6% ''5,341''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''55.0%''' ''6,729''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|41.3% ''5,328''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''57.8%''' ''7,448''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|45.6% ''5,810''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''53.9%''' ''6,861''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|46.0% ''5,058''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''51.1%''' ''5,627''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[U.S. presidential election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|43.1% ''4,317''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''45.1%''' ''4,517''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[U.S. presidential election, 1992|1992]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''41.7%''' ''4,796''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|38.7% ''4,451''
|-
|}

Upper Moreland's governmental structure and powers are derived from the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Upper Moreland's seven-member governing body, the board of commissioners, is composed of representatives elected from each of the township's seven wards to serve a four-year term. The daily operations of the municipality are administered by the township manager, assistant township manager, chief of police, and directors of emergency services, code enforcement, public works, parks and recreation, and finance. These positions, as well as the township solicitor and township engineer, are appointed by the board of commissioners.<ref>http://uppermoreland.org/information/about.aspx {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> The only other elected official is the Township Treasurer.

Township Commissioners:<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Board of Commissioners |publisher=Upper Moreland Township |url=http://uppermoreland.org/188/About-the-Board |accessdate=January 9, 2022}}</ref>

Ward 1 - Nicholas Scull<br />
Ward 2 - Kevin C. Spearing<br />
Ward 3 - Charles Whiting<br />
Ward 4 - Anthony S. Prousi<br />
Ward 5 - Clifton (Kip) McFatridge, President<br />
Ward 6 - R. Samuel Valenza<br />
Ward 7 - Cheryl Lockard, Vice President

Township treasurer: Joseph J. Olszak<ref>{{cite web |title=Administration |publisher=Upper Moreland Township |url=https://uppermoreland.org/279/Administration |accessdate=January 9, 2022}}</ref>

==Economy==
The township states that the proximity of the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] attracts firms to the township.<ref>"[http://www.uppermoreland.org/information/about.aspx About Our Township]". Upper Moreland Township, Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 25, 2009.</ref>

[[China Airlines]] operates the Philadelphia Mini Office (Chinese: 費城營業所 ''Fèichéng Yíngyèsuǒ''<ref>"[http://www.china-airlines.com/ch/about/about-3-3.htm 北美洲地區] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217003823/http://www.china-airlines.com/ch/about/about-3-3.htm |date=2014-12-17 }}." China Airlines. Retrieved April 24, 2010</ref>) in Building 39G at 2300 Computer Avenue in the [[Willow Grove, Pennsylvania|Willow Grove CDP]] and in Upper Moreland Township.<ref>[http://www.china-airlines.com/en/about/about-3-3.htm "Branch Offices North America"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128082353/http://www.china-airlines.com/en/about/about-3-3.htm |date=November 28, 2011 }}, [[China Airlines]]. Retrieved January 25, 2009.<br />- [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4285408&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on "Willow Grove CDP"]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved January 25, 2009.<br />[http://www.uppermoreland.org/inc/documents/1/Maps-Township-Buildings.pdf "Maps-Township-Buildings"], Upper Moreland Township, Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 25, 2009.</ref>

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
{{stack|[[File:2022-10-11 15 36 16 View east along Interstate 276 (Pennsylvania Turnpike Delaware River Extension) from the overpass for Pennsylvania State Route 63 (Welsh Road) in Upper Moreland Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|right|View east along the Pennsylvania Turnpike/I-276 in Upper Moreland Township]]}}
As of 2018,  {{convert|85.02|mi}} of public roads were in Upper Moreland Township, of which {{convert|4.00|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission]], {{convert|15.51|mi}} were maintained by the [[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation]], <!-- (PennDOT) --> and {{convert|65.51|mi}} were maintained by the township.<ref name=PennDOTmap>{{cite web |url=https://gis.penndot.gov/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/Type5/46110.pdf |title=Upper Moreland Township map |publisher=PennDOT |access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref>

Major highways serving Upper Moreland Township include the east–west [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] (Interstate 276), with the Willow Grove interchange located within the township, and [[Pennsylvania Route 611]] (Easton Road), which links the area with [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania|Doylestown]] to the north and Philadelphia to the south and connects to the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the Willow Grove interchange. Other important roadways in the township are [[Pennsylvania Route 263]] ([[Old York Road|York Road]]), [[Pennsylvania Route 63]] (Moreland Road), County Line Road, Davisville Road, Byberry Road, Fitzwatertown Road, Terwood Road and Blair Mill Road.<ref name=PennDOTMontgomery>{{cite map |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Department of Transportation|PennDOT]] |title=Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Highway Map |url=http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/Montgomery_GHSN.PDF |year=2015 |access-date=January 12, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Willow Grove PA SEPTA station May 2016.jpg|thumb|right|A SEPTA Regional Rail train on the Warminster Line stops at the Willow Grove station in Upper Moreland Township.]]
Commuter rail and bus services within Upper Moreland Township are provided by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ([[SEPTA]]). The [[Warminster Line]] of [[SEPTA Regional Rail]] stops at the [[Willow Grove station]] within the township, running between [[Warminster Township, Pennsylvania|Warminster Township]] and Center City Philadelphia. Multiple SEPTA bus routes serve the township, providing access to business parks and shopping centers and connecting to Philadelphia and other suburbs. Bus routes serving Upper Moreland Township include [[SEPTA City Bus]] Routes {{SEPTA bus link|22|55|80|310}}, and {{SEPTA bus link|311}} and [[SEPTA Suburban Bus]] [[SEPTA Route 95|Route 95]].<ref name=septamap>{{cite map |title=SEPTA Official Transit & Street Map Suburban |publisher=SEPTA |url=https://www5.septa.org/wp-content/uploads/travel/map-suburban-transit-street.pdf |access-date=May 2, 2016}}</ref>

[[Norfolk Southern Railway]]'s [[Morrisville Line]] freight railroad line passes through Upper Moreland Township, running parallel to the south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.<ref name=PennDOTMontgomery/><ref name=NStimetable>[http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/NS/NS%20ETTs/NS%20Harrisburg%20Div%20ETT%20%231%208-4-2008.pdf#page=8 Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Region Timetable 1, August 4, 2008]</ref>

===Utilities===
Electricity and natural gas in Upper Moreland Township are provided by [[PECO Energy Company]], a subsidiary of [[Exelon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.peco.com/AboutUs/Pages/CompanyInformation.aspx |title=PECO: Company Information |publisher=PECO Energy Company |access-date=January 29, 2017}}<br />- {{cite web |title=Electric Service Tariff |publisher=PECO Energy Company |date=July 17, 2017 |page=4 |url=https://www.peco.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/CurrentElecTariff_September012017.pdf |access-date=October 10, 2017}}<br />- {{cite web |title=Gas Service Tariff |publisher=PECO Energy Company |date=August 30, 2017 |page=2 |url=https://www.peco.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/CurrentGasTariff_September012017.pdf |access-date=October 10, 2017}}</ref> Water in the township is provided by [[Aqua Pennsylvania]], a subsidiary of [[Aqua America]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rates and Rules Governing the Distribution of Water |publisher=Aqua Pennsylvania |date=March 11, 2013 |page=3 |url=https://www.aquaamerica.com/media/22710/pa-supp_121_compendium_as_of_3-21-13_.pdf |access-date=October 11, 2017}}</ref> The Upper Moreland-Hatboro Joint Sewer Authority provides sewage service to Upper Moreland Township along with neighboring Hatboro.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |publisher=Upper Moreland-Hatboro Joint Sewer Authority |url=http://www.umhjsa.org/about.html |access-date=January 29, 2017}}</ref> The Upper Moreland Township Public Works Department provides trash collection and recycling to the township.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trash Regulations |publisher=Upper Moreland Township |url=http://www.uppermoreland.org/182/Trash-Regulations |access-date=October 11, 2017}}<br />{{cite web |title=Recycling Regulations |publisher=Upper Moreland Township |url=http://www.uppermoreland.org/181/Recycling-Regulations |access-date=October 11, 2017}}</ref> Cable, telephone, and internet service to the area is provided by [[Xfinity]] and [[Verizon]]. Upper Moreland Township is served by [[area codes 215, 267, and 445]].<ref>{{cite map |publisher=[[Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission]] |title=Area Code 215 and 267 Map |url=http://www.puc.state.pa.us/telecom/pdf/areacode/215_ACMap.pdf |access-date=June 22, 2011}}</ref>

===Health care===
[[Jefferson Health–Abington]] operates the Jefferson Health–Willow Grove (formerly Abington Health Center–Willow Grove) health center in the Willow Grove section of the township. The health center, which was founded in 1983, consists of four buildings and offers outpatient hospital services including healthcare programs, medical and administrative offices, and conference and educational facilities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Abington Health Center-Willow Grove Guide to Services |publisher=Abington-Jefferson Health |url=https://www.abingtonhealth.org/our-locations/ahc-willow-grove/#.WokT98w8KrU |access-date=February 18, 2018}}</ref>

==Education==
Upper Moreland Township is served by the [[Upper Moreland School District]]. The district consists of Upper Moreland Primary School for grades K-2, Upper Moreland Intermediate School for grades 3–5, Upper Moreland Middle School for grades 6–8, and [[Upper Moreland High School]] for grades 9-12.

The area Catholic school is Queen of Angels Regional Catholic School in Willow Grove and Upper Moreland Township, Pennsylvania. Queen of Angels was formed in 2012 by the merger of St. David in Willow Grove and Our Lady Help of Christians in Abington.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catholicphilly.com/2012/07/uncategorized/school-closing-list/ |title=2012 Catholic grade school consolidations/closings |work=Catholicphilly.com |date=July 15, 2012 |access-date=April 22, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.uppermoreland.org/ Upper Moreland Township official website]

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