Millcreek Township is a

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Lebanon County Lebanon County ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Lebanon Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 133,568. Its county seat is the city of Lebanon. The county was formed from portions of Dauphi ...

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, United States. The population was 4,350 at the 2020 census. It is part of the

Lebanon, PA Lebanon () is a city in and the county seat of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 26,814 at the 2020 census. Lebanon is located in the central part of the Lebanon Valley, east of Harrisburg and west of Reading. ...

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History

The House of Miller at Millbach and

Heinrich Zeller House Heinrich Zeller House, also known as Fort Zeller and Zeller's Fort, is a historic -story building that has served as a fort, block house and residence. The historic structure is located in Millcreek Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Descr ...

are listed on the

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Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of 20.4 square miles (52.8 km²), of which 20.4 square miles (52.7 km²) is land and 0.05% is water. Newmanstown is in the northeastern part of the township, and Stricklerstown is in the south, at the base of South Mountain.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,921 people, 1,043 households, and 778 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 1,090 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 97.81%

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, 0.75%

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, 0.17%

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, 0.58% from

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, and 0.68% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.27% of the population. There were 1,043 households, out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.1% were

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living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.28. In the township the population was spread out, with 29.0% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males. The median income for a household in the township was $44,476, and the median income for a family was $48,781. Males had a median income of $33,214 versus $21,854 for females. The

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for the township was $18,428. About 3.9% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the

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, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

* {{coord, 40, 20, 00, N, 76, 15, 59, W, type:city_region:US-PA_source:GNIS-enwiki, display=title Townships in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania