Burlington Township is a township in

Bradford County, Pennsylvania Bradford County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, its population was 59,967. Its county seat is Towanda. The county was created on February 21, 1810, from parts o ...

, United States. It is part of

Northeastern Pennsylvania Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) is a geographic region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless Mountains, and the industrial cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Hazleton, Nanticoke, and Carbon ...

. The population was 791 at the 2010 census. Children residing in the township are assigned to attend the Troy Area School District.

Geography

Burlington Township is located in central Bradford County and is bordered by Smithfield Township to the north, Ulster Township to the northeast, North Towanda and Towanda townships to the east, Monroe Township touching the southeastern corner, Franklin Township to the south and West Burlington Township to the west. The borough of

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is bordered on the north, east, and south by Burlington Township and by West Burlington Township to the west.

U.S. Route 6 U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ...

passes through the center of the township, following the valley of Sugar Creek, a tributary of the

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. US 6 leads east to Towanda and west through Burlington borough to

Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in prese ...

. According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.84%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 799 people, 297 households, and 226 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 385 housing units at an average density of 15.3/sq mi (5.9/km). The racial makeup of the township was 98.75%

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, 0.13%

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, 0.13% Native American, 0.13%

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, and 0.88% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.38% of the population. There were 297 households, out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% were

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living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.9% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.09. In the township the population was spread out, with 26.3% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.0 males. The median income for a household in the township was $35,724, and the median income for a family was $40,536. Males had a median income of $26,667 versus $20,882 for females. The

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for the township was $16,946. About 11.1% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the

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, including 11.9% of those under age 18 and 1.4% of those age 65 or over.

References

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