German Township is a

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in Fayette County,

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, United States. The population was 4,666 at the 2020 census, down from 5,097 at the 2010 census. McClellandtown is the township's largest village. The Albert Gallatin Area School District serves the region. McClellandtown, Edenborn, Leckrone,

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, Footedale, Adah, Palmer, Hibbs, and Lambert are located within the township.

History

German Township is one of the nine original townships of Fayette county established by the first court held at Uniontown on Dec. 27, 1783.Franklin Ellis, editor, ''History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men'' (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1882), p. 591; digital images, ''Internet Archive'' (https://archive.org : accessed 14 November 2018). The Andrew Rabb House was listed on the

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in 1992.

Geography

German Township is on the western edge of Fayette County, bordered on the west by the

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. To the north are Luzerne and Redstone townships, to the northeast is Menallen Township, to the east is South Union Township, to the southeast is Georges Township, and to the south is Nicholson Township, all in Fayette County. To the west across the river are Monongahela and Cumberland townships in Greene County. The borough of Masontown is in the southwest corner of the township but is a separate municipality. According to the

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, German Township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.10%, is water.

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crosses the township, leading east to Uniontown, the Fayette County seat, and west across the Monongahela to Waynesburg.

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leads north from PA 21 near Edenborn in the center of German Township to Republic in Redstone Township.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 5,595 people, 2,148 households, and 1,525 families residing in the township. The

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was 167.9 people per square mile (64.8/km²). There were 2,333 housing units at an average density of 70.0/sq mi (27.0/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 91.85%

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, 7.20%

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, 0.20% Native American, 0.07%

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, 0.09% from

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, and 0.59% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.45% of the population. There were 2,148 households, out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% 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 3.10. In the township the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males. The median income for a household in the township was $27,434, and the median income for a family was $32,428. Males had a median income of $33,646 versus $20,333 for females. The

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for the township was $16,769. About 16.9% of families and 19.9% of the population were below the

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, including 27.6% of those under age 18 and 15.7% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

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, basketball coach (born in Edenborn) *

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, poet and composer (resides in German Township since 1993)

References

External links

German Township official website
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