Editing Wiconisco Township, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Township in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Wiconisco Township, Pennsylvania
|settlement_type = [[Township (Pennsylvania)|Township]]
|nickname = 
|motto = 
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|image_skyline = US 209 nb entering Wiconisco Twp., Dauphin Co., PA, Aug. 2023.jpg
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|image_caption = Entering Wiconisco Township along northbound [[US 209]]
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|image_map = Dauphin County Pennsylvania incorporated and unincorporated areas Wiconsico township highlighted.svg
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|map_caption = Location in [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Dauphin County]] and state of [[Pennsylvania]].
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|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Dauphin]]
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|established_title = Settled
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|established_title1 = Incorporated
|established_date1 = 1839
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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|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref>
|area_magnitude = 
|area_total_km2 = 25.28
|area_land_km2 = 25.28
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi = 9.76
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|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
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|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023">{{cite web |last1=Bureau |first1=US Census |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 |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=May 1, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
|population_total = 1167 {{decrease}}
|population_density_km2 = 46.95
|population_density_sq_mi = 121.61
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|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|postal_code_type = 
|postal_code = 
|area_code = [[Area code 717|717]]
|website = {{URL|wiconiscotownship.com}}
|footnotes = 
|pop_est_as_of = 2023
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|population_est = 1156
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
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'''Wiconisco Township''' is a [[township (Pennsylvania)|township]] in [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Dauphin County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 1,167 in the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023"/>
Wiconisco Township took its name from [[Wiconisco Creek]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyxBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA21|year=1895|publisher=Harrisburg Publishing Company|page=21}}</ref> a west-flowing tributary of the [[Susquehanna River]].

==Geography==
Wiconisco Township is in the northern part of Dauphin County. The borough of [[Lykens, Pennsylvania|Lykens]], a separate municipality, is in the southern part of the township. The unincorporated community of [[Wiconisco, Pennsylvania|Wiconisco]] is in the eastern part of the township.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|25.3|sqkm|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4204384976| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wiconisco township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 21, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213152214/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US4204384976| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|2010= 1210
|2020= 1167
|estyear=2023
|estimate=1156
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023"/>
|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>
}}
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 1,168 people, 476 households, and 330 families in the township.  The population density was {{convert|115.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 530 housing units at an average density of {{convert|52.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the township was 98.72% White, 0.17% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.43% Asian, and 0.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.09%.<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>

There were 476 households, 26.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.6% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 24.6% of households were made up of individuals, and 13.0% were one person aged 65 or older.  The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.92.

The age distribution was 22.3% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% 65 or older.  The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.

The median household income was $33,654 and the median family income  was $38,182. Males had a median income of $31,333 versus $21,394 for females. The per capita income for the township was $15,268.  About 7.1% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://wiconiscotownship.com Wiconisco Township official website]

{{Dauphin County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area]]
[[Category:Townships in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Townships in Pennsylvania]]