Annville Township is a

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and

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Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Lebanon County ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Lebanon Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 133,568. Its county seat is the city of Lebanon. The county was formed from portions of Dauphin ...

, United States. The population was 4,767 at the 2010 census.

History

Annville Township was divided into North Annville Township and South Annville Township in 1845. In 1912, the new Annville Township was formed between the two to encompass the town of Annville.

Geography

Annville Township is located at (40.330162, -76.512533). According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and 0.63% is water. Annville has a

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and is classified "Dfa" on Köppen climate classification. Annville gets warm to hot summers and cold winters. Winters bring 40" of snow annually. The township is bordered to the north and west by North Annville Township (3.2 mi), to the south and west by South Annville Township (3 mi), and to the east by Cleona (0.47 mi) and North Cornwall Township (0.25 mi).

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 4,518 people, 1,452 households, and 917 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,556 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 95.40%

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, 1.08%

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, 0.02% Native American, 1.24%

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, 0.11%

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, 0.97% from

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, and 1.17% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.79% of the population. There were 1,452 households, out of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.87. In the township, the population was spread out, with 16.3% under the age of 18, 31.2% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 15.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males. The median income for a household in the township was $37,415, and the median income for a family was $44,737. Males had a median income of $35,057 versus $23,458 for females. The

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for the township was $16,586. About 1.5% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the

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, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

Points of interest

* Annville Mill, a commercial flour mill, since 1740. * Biever House, a historic -story limestone residence built in 1814. This site was placed on the

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in 1978 *

Lebanon Valley College Lebanon Valley College (LVC, Lebanon Valley, or The Valley) is a private college in Annville, Pennsylvania. History Lebanon Valley was founded on February 23, 1866, with classes beginning May 7 of that year and its first class graduating in 18 ...

, a private four-year institution with an enrollment of approximately 1,650 undergraduate and graduate students.

Notable people

* Steve Blackman, former professional wrestler * John W. Killinger (1824-1896), former lawyer, prosecuting attorney, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,

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, and

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* Aaron Shenk Kreider (1863-1929), former businessman, commissioner and chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Annville from 1909 to 1912;

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member of the

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from Pennsylvania, 1913-1923 * Dorothy Wilken (born 1936), former council member and mayor of Boca Raton, Florida, 1974–78; county commissioner of Palm Beach County, Florida, 1982–88; clerk (Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Florida) and comptroller for Palm Beach County, Florida, 1993-2005 File:Biever Annville LebCo PA.jpg, Biever House Annville St Anthony Coptic PA.jpg, St. Anthony Coptic Church Annville, Pennsylvania (6480009309).jpg Annville, Pennsylvania (6480010903).jpg Annville, PA Keystone Marker.jpg,

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References

External links

* {{authority control Census-designated places in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania Townships in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Townships in Pennsylvania