Upper Tulpehocken Township is a

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Berks County, Pennsylvania Berks County ( Pennsylvania German: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading. The Schuylkill River, a tributary of the Delaware Ri ...

, United States. The population was 1,575 at the 2010 census.

History

Tulpehocken is a name derived from a Native American language meaning "land of the turtles". The Seyfert Mill was listed on the

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in 1990. In 2016, Strausstown voted to merge with Upper Tulpehocken Township.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of 22.9 square miles (59.3 km), 22.9 square miles (59.2 km) of which is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km) (0.09%) of which is water. Adjacent townships *

Berks County Berks County ( Pennsylvania German: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading. The Schuylkill River, a tributary of the Delaware River ...

** Upper Bern Township (east) ** Penn Township (southeast) ** Jefferson Township (south) ** Tulpehocken Township (southwest) ** Bethel Township (west) * Schuylkill County ** Wayne Township (northwest) ** South Manheim Township (northeast)

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,495 people, 538 households, and 392 families living in the township. The population density was . There were 587 housing units at an average density of 25.7/sq mi (9.9/km). The racial makeup of the township was 97.99%

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, 0.60%

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, 0.13% Native American, 0.27%

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, 0.07%

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, 0.27% from

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, and 0.67% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.67% of the population. There were 538 households, out of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.8% were

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living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 20.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.27. In the township the population was spread out, with 28.4% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.8 males. The median income for a household in the township was $45,469, and the median income for a family was $50,188. Males had a median income of $35,403 versus $26,583 for females. The

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for the township was $18,699. About 5.8% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the

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, including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

Recreation

Portions of the

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which also carries the

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is located along the northern border of the township.https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/ The National Map, retrieved 29 October 2018Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 110
retrieved 29 October 2018

Transportation

As of 2020, there were of public roads in Upper Tulpehocken Township, of which were maintained by the

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(PennDOT) and were maintained by the township.

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and

U.S. Route 22 U.S. Route 22 (US 22) is a west–east route and is one of the original United States highways of 1926, running from Cincinnati, Ohio, at US 27, US 42, US 127, and US 52 to Newark, New Jersey, at U.S. Route 1/9 in the Newark Airport Intercha ...

are the main highways serving Upper Tulpehocken Township. They pass through the township concurrently on William Penn Highway along a southwest-northeast alignment through the middle of the township.

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also passes through the township, following a northwest-southeast alignment across southern and western portions of the township.

References

External links

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