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Upper Augusta Township, Pennsylvania
Upper Augusta Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was formed in 1846 by the division of Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Augusta Township (one of the seven original townships of Northumberland County formed in 1772) into Upper and Lower Augusta Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Lower sections. The population at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 Census was 2,586, an increase over the figure of 2,556 tabulated in 2000. History The Keefer Station Covered Bridge and Sunbury Armory are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Voters rejected a tax referendum in May 2007 which would have increased local earned income tax by 0.5 percent to reduce property taxes for homeowners and farmers by $176. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.3 square miles (60.3 km2), of whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Township (Pennsylvania)
Under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a township is the lowest level of municipal incorporation of government. All of Pennsylvania's community, communities outside of incorporated local government in Pennsylvania#City, cities, borough (Pennsylvania), boroughs, and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania#History, one town has been incorporated into a township which serves as the legal entity providing local self-government functions. In general, townships in Pennsylvania encompass larger land areas than other Municipality, municipalities, and tend to be located in suburban, exurban, or rural parts of the commonwealth. As with other incorporated municipalities in Pennsylvania, townships exist within local government in Pennsylvania#County, counties and are subordinate to or dependent upon the county level of government. History The creation of townships within Pennsylvania dates to the seventeenth century and the colonial period. Much of the province of Pennsylvania was occupied by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
