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Upon arriving in present-day
Limestone Township in 1789, the first settlers deemed it barren because the base of valley was covered by thickets of thorny bushes and was largely free of trees. At first the land sold for as little as fifty cents an acre. After the initial settlers cleared the shrubbery
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living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.8% were non-families. 13.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.10 and the average family size was 3.41.
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History of
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: including its aboriginal history; the colonial and revolutionary periods; early settlement and subsequent growth; organization and civil administration; the legal and medical professions; internal improvement; past and present history of Williamsport;
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of 2000, there were 2,136 people, 689 households, and 580 families residing in the township. The population density was 62.7 inhabitants per square mile (24.2/km). There were 732 housing units at an average density of 21.5/sq mi (8.3/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.78%
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The water authority built a multimillion-dollar water filtration plant in the 1990s in
Mosquito Valley. With the construction of this plant, the lands of the water authority were opened to the general public as a
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underlying the valley. The
Reedsville Shale is stratigraphically above them and overlain by the ridge-forming Bald Eagle Sandstone. The valley has been intensely karstified, as evidenced by the numerous
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and planted wheat, the land was found to be quite fertile, and prices rose to $ 5.00 per acre. Later settlers to
Limestone Township established the communities of Collomsville, Oriole and
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until April 14, 1835, when the name as changed to what was deemed to be a more appropriate title.
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for the township was $ 15,180. About 5.7% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the
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Limestone Township and extends west into
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Within a number of caves in this valley a new species of fish, a type of
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Limestone Township is in southwestern Lycoming County and is bordered by
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townships. Limestone Township was known as "Adams Township" in honor of
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18:Limestone Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)
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79:Map of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
1608:1789 establishments in Pennsylvania
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729:. United States Census Bureau
453:West Branch Susquehanna River
333:Metropolitan Statistical Area
421:townships to the north, and
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904:Ulmer, Jennifer L. (1999).
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225: • Estimate
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519:Appalachian Mountains
441:Pennsylvania Route 44
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104:41.14306°N 77.16694°W
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912:on December 31, 2009
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783:Bureau, US Census.
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523:University of Akron
427:Bald Eagle Mountain
407:Washington Township
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1165:South Williamsport
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669:Asian
657:White
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634:1,961
626:−2.5%
621:1,968
606:2,019
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