Liberty Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania

For other Pennsylvania townships with similar names, see Liberty Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation).

Liberty Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania
Township
Lynn Hall, a historic site in the township
Map of McKean County, Pennsylvania highlighting Liberty Township
Map of McKean County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	McKean
Settled	1785
Incorporated	1828
Area [1]
• Total	83.73 sq mi (216.86 km2)
• Land	83.34 sq mi (215.86 km2)
• Water	0.39 sq mi (1.00 km2)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	1,604
• Estimate  (2022) [2]	1,564
• Density	18.48/sq mi (7.13/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	814
FIPS code	42-083-43096

Liberty Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,604 at the time of the census. ^[2]

History

Lynn Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. ^[3]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 83.5 square miles (216.3 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2000	1,726		—
2010	1,612		−6.6%
2020	1,604		−0.5%
2022 (est.)	1,564	[2]	−2.5%
U.S. Decennial Census [4]

As of the census ^[5] of 2000, there were 1,726 people, 704 households, and 496 families residing in the township.

The population density was 20.7 people per square mile (8.0/km²). There were 898 housing units at an average density of 10.8/sq mi (4.2/km²).

The racial makeup of the township was 97.97% White, 0.12% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.52% from other races, and 1.10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.58% of the population.

There were 704 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 55.4% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 24.1% 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 2.45 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the township the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of eighteen, 6.1% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.7% from twenty-five to forty-four, 25.0% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 15.3% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-nine years.

For every one hundred females there were 104.5 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 103.6 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $34,200, and the median income for a family was $40,761. Males had a median income of $33,500 compared with that of $20,817 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $16,434.

Roughly 8.3% of families and 13.5% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 15.1% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 12.1% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

References

1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Aug 14, 2017.
2. Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
5. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.

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