Beavertown is a borough in Snyder County, located in Central

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, United States. The population was 1,005 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , all land. Beavertown is surrounded by Beaver Township.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 870 people, 364 households, and 256 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 394 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.62%

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, 0.11% from

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, and 1.26% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.57% of the population. There were 364 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.9% were

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living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 26.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.88. In the borough the population was spread out, with 23.7% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 86.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $36,146, and the median income for a family was $43,088. Males had a median income of $30,515 versus $20,952 for females. The

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for the borough was $16,792. About 3.1% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the

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, including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

Other information

Beavertown was the seasonal home of Davy Jones, a member of

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. Beavertown was originally called Swifttown. It was named after John Swift who settled there having received a grant for the land in 1760. He sold the land to Jacob Lechner. He named the town after Swift. The town of Beavertown was later named after Peter Bievernour and Rebecca Bievernour (née Nichman) of the Pennsylvania Bevenour family. “About 1840, Rebecca Beavernour ic(proper spelling Bievenour) kept a little confectionary store on the site of this village ... Soon afterward, other houses were built near the Beavernour store and since then, an attractive little village has grown up, now known as Beavertown.” George R. Prowell, History of York County, Pennsylvania, pg. 939; see also Gibson, Vol. 1, pg. 661.

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