South Woodbury Township is a township in Bedford County,

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, United States. The population was 2,076 at the 2020 census.

History

The New Enterprise Public School was listed on the

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in 1981.

Geography

South Woodbury Township is located in northern Bedford County and occupies the southern end of

Morrison Cove Morrisons Cove (also referred to as Morrison Cove or Morrison's Cove), is an eroded anticlinal valley in Blair and Bedford counties of central Pennsylvania, United States, extending from Evitts Mountain near New Enterprise, north to the Frankstown ...

, a mountain valley. The township's borders follow the ridgecrests of

Dunning Mountain Dunning Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States. The mountain's north end is at McKee Gap, which separates it from Short Mountain, and where Halter Creek flows westward towards the Frankstown Branch of the Juni ...

on the west,

Evitts Mountain Evitts Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains, located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and Allegany County, Maryland. Geography The ridge line runs north from Rocky Gap State Park in Mar ...

on the south, and

Tussey Mountain Tussey Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States, trending east of the Bald Eagle, Brush, Dunning and Evitts Mountain ridges. Its southern foot just crosses the Mason–Dixon line near Flintstone, Maryland, run ...

on the east. According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which , or 0.10%, is water.

Recreation

A portion of

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 73 The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 73 are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Bedford, Blair and Huntingdon Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States providing hunting, bird watching, and other activities. Geography SGL 73 consists of six ...

is located in the eastern end of the township.https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/ The National Map, retrieved 13 October 2018Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 73
retrieved 13 October 2018

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,000 people, 719 households, and 586 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 762 housing units at an average density of 22.3/sq mi (8.6/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.45%

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, 0.05%

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, 0.05% Native American, 0.10%

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, 0.10% from

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, and 0.25% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.30% of the population. There were 719 households, out of which 37.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.1% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.4% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.11. In the township the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 101.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.5 males. The median income for a household in the township was $36,129, and the median income for a family was $40,224. Males had a median income of $27,879 versus $21,250 for females. The

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for the township was $16,197. About 6.7% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the

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, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 16.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

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