Pine Grove 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 ...

that is located in Schuylkill County,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, United States. The population was 4,024 at the time of the 2020 census.

History

Swatara Furnace was added to the

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in 1991.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of 38.3 square miles (99.3 km²), of which 38.2 square miles (98.9 km²) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.4 km²) (0.39%) is water.

Recreation

Portions of the

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 80 The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 80 are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Berks, Lebanon and Schuylkill Counties in Pennsylvania, providing hunting, bird watching, and other activities. Geography SGL 80 consists of a three parcels locate ...

, through which the

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passes, are located in the southern portion of the township. The western portion of the Sweet Arrow Lake County Park is located along the eastern border of the township.https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/ The National Map, retrieved 27 October 2018Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 80
Pgc.pa.gov, retrieved 27 October 2018

Demographics

At the time of the 2000 census there were 3,930 people, 1,570 households, and 1,182 families living in the township. The population density was 102.9 people per square mile (39.7/km²). There were 1,696 housing units at an average density of 44.4/sq mi (17.1/km²). The

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of the township was 99.21% White, 0.03% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.05% from other races, and 0.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.33%. Of the 1,570 households that were counted during the census, 30.6% had children who were under the age of eighteen, 62.7% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families. 21.0% were one-person households and 12.0% were one-person households with residents who were aged sixty-five or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.87. The age distribution was 23.2% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 6.1% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 28.5% who were aged twenty-five to sixty-four, 24.2% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 18.1% who were aged sixty-five or older. The median age was forty years. For every one hundred females, there were 98.2 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 95.8 males. The median household income was $38,933 and the median family income was $42,813. Males had a median income of $32,478 compared with that of $21,707 for females. The per capita income for the township was $17,011. Approximately 5.3% of families and 6.5% of the population were living below the

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, including 6.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 6.5% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

References

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