Cecil Township is a

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in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a suburb in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 14,585 at the 2020 census. The township contains the

Southpointe Southpointe is a suburban business park located in Cecil Township near Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, south of Pittsburgh and is a familiar landmark along Interstate 79. It is home to many corporations, including Fortune 500 members CONSOL Energy a ...

suburban business park; companies based there include Ansys,

Consol Energy Consol Energy Inc. is an American energy company with interests in coal headquartered in the suburb of Cecil Township, in the Southpointe complex, just outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2017, Consol formed two separate entities: CNX Resour ...

Millcraft Industries Millcraft Industries, Inc. is a real estate and development company based in the Pittsburgh suburb of Cecil Township, Pennsylvania. History Millcraft began as a steel production company before expanding into real estate. In 2005, following a ...

and

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. Cecil Township is served by the

Canon-McMillan School District The Canon-McMillan School District is a large public school district covering the Borough of Canonsburg, Cecil Township and North Strabane Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The district operates one High School (9th–12th), one ...

History

The Stephenson-Campbell House was listed on the

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in 2002. In 2017 the township experienced notoriety when the (now former) chief of one of its volunteer fire companies posted a racist epithet on social media to describe

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Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of of which is land and or 0.27% is water.

Villages within Cecil Township

Bishop, Cowden, Gladden Heights, Hendersonville, Lawrence, Laurel Hill, Murray Hill, Muse, Van Emman, Venice

Surrounding neighborhoods

Cecil Township has eight borders, including McDonald to the north-northwest, Robinson Township to the northwest, Mount Pleasant Township to the west and west-southwest, Chartiers Township to the southwest,

Canonsburg Canonsburg is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, southwest of Pittsburgh. Canonsburg was laid out by Colonel John Canon in 1789 and incorporated in 1802. The population was 9,735 at the 2020 census. The town lies in a rich coal distri ...

to the south, North Strabane Township to the south-southeast, Peters Township to the east, and South Fayette Township (Allegheny County) to the north.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 9,756 people, 3,794 households, and 2,879 families residing in the township. The

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was 370.3 people per square mile (143.0/km²). There were 4,005 housing units at an average density of 152.0/sq mi (58.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 81.42%

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, 15.58%

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, 0.08% Native American, 2.25% Asian, 0.04%

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, 0.13% from

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, and 0.50% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.53% of the population. There were 3,794 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.0% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. 20.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.98. In the township the population was spread out, with 23.3% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males. The median income for a household in the township was $50,616, and the median income for a family was $54,562. Males had a median income of $42,232 versus $27,857 for females. The

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for the township was $22,340. About 4.4% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the

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, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

Township website
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