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Newberry Township, Pennsylvania

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During the first two decades of the 20th century, the population of the township actually declined. The following three decades showed a slow, but steady, increase in population. Development to this point (1950) was mainly concentrated along the major roads and villages in the township. Newberrytown,
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In 1803, Fairview Township was formed from the northern half of the original Newberry Township. Lewisberry incorporated as a separate borough in 1832, as did Goldsboro in 1864 and York Haven in 1892. With these losses of population and area, Newberry Township reached the beginning of the 20th century
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York Haven, also a ferry point, began as a flour milling town. In 1814, the York Haven Company, which built four large mills, prepared the town plan. Large hotels, dry goods and hardware stores, copper shops that manufactured flour barrels, and a sawmill all became part of the town's healthy economy.
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and Newberrytown were early Quaker settlements. Newberrytown began as a 42-acre (170,000 m) tract of Quaker meeting land, with a log meetinghouse built in 1745. Later, a new meetinghouse was built halfway between Lewisberry and the Newberrytown meeting land, and the tract was developed as a town
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In the township the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 35.5% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 7.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 100.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over,
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Early settlers were also attracted to the vicinity of Yocumtown because of the water power of Fishing Creek. Along its banks they built fulling mills that carded wool for area farmers, woolen cloth mills, and grist mills. By the mid-1820s, the village of Yocumtown had established itself with a log
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living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. 18.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.03.
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and York Haven prospered due to their location on the Susquehanna River and adjoining canal route. A ferry was also established at the site of Goldsboro in 1738. Both Goldsboro and the village of Cly were located along the important stagecoach route between
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Ferry to access the west bank of the river, and once they reached what is now Newberry Township, settled throughout the Fishing Creek and Bennetts Run valleys. Newberry Township was organized in 1742 and included what is now
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Ferry) and became an important stopping place along the way. Lewisberry was also surveyed and platted in the 1790s. Its stores became busy and prosperous. Schools were operated in both communities.
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was completed between the two towns in 1816. The railroad, built in the late 1830s, also ran through Goldsboro. However, the village remained small through the first half of the 19th century.
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was 470.8 people per square mile (181.8 people/km). There were 5,706 housing units at an average density of 187.4 per square mile (72.4/km). The racial makeup of the township was 97.29%
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The median income for a household in the township was $ 48,043, and the median income for a family was $ 51,789. Males had a median income of $ 38,775 versus $ 27,007 for females. The
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was completed into the town of York, luring business away from York Haven. The flour mills closed down but were later replaced with a paper mill.
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forms the eastern border of the township, and the western part of the township entirely surrounds the borough of
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There were 5,399 households, out of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% were
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of wheat were brought down the river to the mills in York Haven, then the flour was sent by wagon or canal to
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Cly, Conewago Heights, Yocumtown, Erney, and Pleasant Grove were the centers of population at that time.
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of 2000, there were 14,332 people, 5,399 households, and 4,097 families residing in the township. The
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counties immediately set out across the Susquehanna to find new land. These settlers utilized the
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for the township was $ 20,660. About 2.8% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the
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Prior to the coming of the first settlers in 1736, Newberry Township was inhabited by the
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By the late 18th century, several towns had sprung up throughout the township.
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with a population of just over 2,000 (only 296 more people than in 1783).
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Indians. Before 1736, all settlement in Pennsylvania was kept east of the
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and Lancaster counties, soon arrived to take over the vacant farmland.
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in 1791. Newberrytown was situated on the road from
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Index

Township
Kise Mill Bridge over Bennett Run
Kise Mill Bridge
Bennett Run
Location in York County and the state of Pennsylvania.
York County
Pennsylvania
Country
State
Pennsylvania
County
York
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern (EST)
DST
UTC-4
Area code
717
FIPS code
2000
2010
2020
township
York County
Pennsylvania
2020 census
United States Census Bureau
Susquehanna River
Lewisberry

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