Spruce Creek Township is a

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that is located in

Huntingdon County Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by John, King of England, King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cr ...

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, United States. The population was 203 at the time of the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of 8.2 square miles (21.4 km), of which 8.2 square miles (21.2 km) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km) (0.73%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 263 people, 117 households, and 76 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 146 housing units at an average density of 17.8/sq mi (6.9/km). The racial makeup of the township was 100.00%

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. There were 117 households, out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them; 54.7% were

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living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.77. Within the township, the population was spread out, with 21.3% of residents who were under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 33.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males. The median income for a household in the township was $33,750, and the median income for a family was $47,188. Males had a median income of $30,156 versus $26,250 for females. The

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for the township was $18,148. Approximately 5.2% of families and 9.2% of the population were living below the

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, including 3.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 11.5% of those who were sixty-five or older.

References

{{authority control Townships in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania Townships in Pennsylvania