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Roaring Creek Township, Pennsylvania

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In the township the population was spread out, with 21.0% under the age of eighteen, 6.5% from eighteen to twenty-four, 25.1% from twenty-five to forty-four, 29.7% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 17.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-three years.
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living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
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The median income for a household in the township was $ 40,625, and the median income for a family was $ 43,125. Males had a median income of $ 35,795 versus $ 22,250 for females. The
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was 21.1 people per square mile (8.1 people/km). There were two hundred and seventy-nine housing units at an average density of 11.9 units per square mile (4.6 units/km).
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of 2000, there were four hundred and ninety-five people, one hundred and ninety-eight households, and one hundred and forty-nine families residing in the township.
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runs along the northeastern side of the township, then bends to the west and becomes Little Mountain, crossing the southern end of the township.
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There were one hundred and ninety-eight households, out of which 29.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 66.7% were
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In 1974, county officials determined that "the low population density of the Region offer no immediate demand for public sewerage."
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For every one hundred females, there were 98.0 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 98.5 males.
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Roaring Creek Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, Comprehensive Development Plan, 1974
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The western and central parts of the township are within the eastern end of the valley of
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The township is in southern Columbia County and is bordered to the southeast by
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The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.92.
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Map of Columbia County, Pennsylvania highlighting Roaring Creek Township
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Roughly 8.7% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the
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Roaring Creek Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
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The township office is located at 666 Bear Gap Road,
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Index

Township
Catawissa Mountain in Roaring Creek Township
Catawissa Mountain
Map of Columbia County, Pennsylvania highlighting Roaring Creek Township
Map of Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Country
State
Pennsylvania
County
Columbia
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern (EST)
DST
UTC-4
Area code
570
FIPS code
township
Columbia County
Pennsylvania
Northeastern Pennsylvania
Elysburg, Pennsylvania

Schuylkill County
Catawissa Mountain
Roaring Creek
Susquehanna River
U.S. Bureau
2010

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