Pine Township is a township that is located in

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, United States. The population was fifty-nine at the time of the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of 32.0 square miles (83.0 km), all land. Anderson Creek, a Class II-III+ whitewater stream that is a defining feature of the

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.See http://www.americanwhitewater.org./ is located in this township.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 77 people, 34 households, and 24 families residing in the township. The

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was 2.4 people per square mile (0.9/km). There were 117 housing units at an average density of 3.7/sq mi (1.4/km). The racial makeup of the township was 100.00%

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. There were 34 households, out of which 26.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 67.6% were

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living together, 2.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.52. Within the township, the population was spread out, with 18.2% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 3.9% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 36.4% who were aged twenty-five to sixty-four, 31.2% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 10.4% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-one years. For every one hundred females, there were 102.6 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 90.9 males. The median income for a household in the township was $53,750, and the median income for a family was $61,875. Males had a median income of $36,500 compared with that of $33,750 for females. The

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for the township was $26,319. With respect to financial hardship, 6.8% of the population was living below the

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, including 27.3% of those who were aged sixty-five or older; however, no children under the age of eighteen and no families were living in poverty.

Education

Pine Township is served by the Clearfield Area School District.

Recreation

S. B. Elliott State Park, a Pennsylvania state park, is located in Pine Township. Many of the structures at the park were built by the

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during the

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and are now on the

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References

{{authority control Populated places established in 1873 Townships in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Townships in Pennsylvania