Muddy Creek Township is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

Butler County, Pennsylvania Butler County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Western Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 193,763. Its county seat is Butler. Butler County was created on March 12, 1800, from part of Alleghe ...

, United States. The population was 2,210 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Muddy Creek Township is located along the western border of Butler County, with Lawrence County to the west. Muddy Creek, a tributary of

Slippery Rock Creek Slippery Rock Creek is a stream in western Pennsylvania, a tributary of Connoquenessing Creek. Course and history From its source in Hilliards in Butler County, it flows through McConnells Mill State Park before flowing into the Connoquene ...

, forms the northern boundary of the township. The creek is impounded in the township to form Lake Arthur, surrounded by

Moraine State Park Moraine State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on in Brady, Clay, Franklin, Muddy Creek, and Worth townships in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The park's main feature is its man-made lake, Lake Arthur, formed by impoundi ...

. The township surrounds the borough of Portersville but is a separate entity. The unincorporated community of Lake Arthur Estates, a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

, is in the northwestern part of the township.

Interstate 79 Interstate 79 (I-79) is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States, designated from I-77 in Charleston, West Virginia, north to Pennsylvania Route 5 (PA 5) and PA 290 in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is a primary thoroughfare ...

passes through the township north to south with access from Exit 96 (Portersville) and Exit 99 ( U.S. Route 422, the Benjamin Franklin Highway).

U.S. Route 19 U.S. Route 19 (US 19) is a north–south U.S. Highway in the Eastern United States. Despite encroaching Interstate Highways, the route has remained a long-haul road, connecting the Gulf of Mexico with Lake Erie. The highway's southern ...

also crosses the township, roughly parallel to I-79. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 8.08%, is water.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 2,267 people, 901 households, and 658 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 941 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.50% White, 0.18% African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.09% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.44% of the population. There were 901 households, out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.3% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.9% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.96. In the township the population was spread out, with 24.4% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.7 males. The median income for a household in the township was $31,855, and the median income for a family was $37,180. Males had a median income of $35,161 versus $22,992 for females. The per capita income for the township was $15,821. About 11.4% of families and 13.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.9% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

Muddy Creek Township official website
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