Knox Township is a township that is located in

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, United States. As of the

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, the population was 599.

History

Bloody Knox

The township was also the site of the anti-civil war resistance known as Bloody Knox. There the log cabin home of Tom Adams was host to a shootout between draft deserters and anti-war residents. In the end, two men were killed and several arrested.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , all land.

Communities

*Boardman *Carnwath *Erhard *Kellytown *New Millport *O'Shanter *Oak Ridge

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 705 people, 295 households, and 215 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 356 housing units at an average density of 14.1/sq mi (5.4/km). The racial makeup of the township was 99.57%

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, 0.14% Native American, and 0.28% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.14% of the population. There were 295 households, out of which 28.1% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 63.4% were

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living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.1% were non-families. 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.80. Within the township the, population was spread out, with 23.1% who were under the age of eighteen, 7.7% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 26.1% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 29.5% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 13.6% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty years. For every one hundred females, there were 106.7 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 106.9 males. The median income for a household in the township was $26,583, and the median income for a family was $30,217. Males had a median income of $26,029 compared with that of $17,222 for females. The

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for the township was $13,394. Approximately 11.5% of families and 15.2% of the population were living below the

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, including 21.7% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 12.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

Education

Students in Knox Township attend schools in the

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References

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{{authority control Populated places established in 1806 Townships in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Townships in Pennsylvania