Allen Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Template:Short description Template:Other uses Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Allen Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Allen Township was 5,462 at the 2020 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2023"/> Allen Township is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.

History

Kreidersville Covered Bridge, built in 1839, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.<ref name="nris">Template:NRISref</ref> The Township of Allen is a very historic place including the thought of how many great old buildings and landmarks are there

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of Template:Convert, Template:Convert of which is land and Template:Convert (0.63%) of which is water. It is drained by the Lehigh River, via the Catasauqua Creek, which separates it from Lehigh County. Its four villages are Howertown, Kreidersville, Seemsville, and Weaversville.

Neighboring municipalities

• Lehigh Township (north)
• Moore Township (northeast)
• East Allen Township (east)
• Hanover Township, Lehigh County (south)
• Catasauqua, Lehigh County (tangent to the south)
• North Catasauqua (southwest)
• Northampton (west)
• Whitehall Township, Lehigh County (tangent to the west)
• North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County (west)

Transportation

Template:Stack As of 2022, there were Template:Convert of public roads in Allen Township, of which Template:Convert were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and Template:Convert were maintained by the township.<ref name=PennDOTmap>Template:Cite web</ref>

Pennsylvania Route 329 is the only numbered highway traversing Allen Township. It follows an east-west alignment through the central portion of the township. Other local roads of note include Bullshead Road, Cherryville Road, Howertown Road/Weaversville Road, Indian Trail Road, Kreidersville Road, Old Carriage Road, Seemsville Road, and Willowbrook Road.

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the 2000 census,<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> there were 2,630 people, 1,001 households, and 805 families residing in the township. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 1,030 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the township was 98.67% White, 0.19% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.10% of the population.

There were 1,001 households, out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.7% were married couples living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.5% were non-families. 14.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the township, the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 31.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $54,464, and the median income for a family was $59,702. Males had a median income of $41,219 versus $27,930 for females. The per capita income for the township was $23,859. About 1.1% of families and 1.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.6% of those under age 18 and 1.4% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Template:Further Allen Township is served by the Northampton Area School District. Students in grades nine through 12 attend Northampton Area High School in Northampton.

Notable people

• Henry Clay Longnecker, former U.S. Representative<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">Template:Cite book</ref>
• John Rosbrugh, Presbyterian minister killed in the Second Battle of Trenton known as the "clerical martyr of the Revolutionary War"<ref>John C. Clyde, Rosbrugh, a Tale of the Revolution (Easton Publishers, 1880), p. 1</ref><ref>Parker C. Thompson, The United States Army Chaplaincy (Office of the Chief of Chaplains, Department of the Army, Washington D.C., 1978), p. 148</ref>
• George Wolf, seventh governor of Pennsylvania

External links

• Allen Township official website