Tilden Township is a

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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, ...

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. The population was 3,597 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 19.0 square miles (49.2 km), of which 18.9 square miles (49.0 km) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km) (0.37%) is water. It is drained by the

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, which forms its natural eastern and part of its northern natural boundary. Blue Mountain forms the remainder of its natural northern boundary. Tilden's villages include

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, Jalappa, Upper Berne, and West Hamburg. Adjacent townships * Centre Township (south) * Upper Bern Township (west) * South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County (northwest) * West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County (north) * Windsor Township (east) * Perry Township (southeast) The boroughs of

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and Port Clinton are both located across the

, while Port Clinton is in Schuylkill County.

Demographics

At the 2010 census, there were 3,597 people, 1,336 households, and 967 families living in the township. The population density was . There were 1,424 housing units at an average density of . The

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of the township was 96.7% White, 0.8% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 1.4% from other races, and 4.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.0%. There were 1,336 households, 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.7% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6% were non-families. 20.7% of households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.00. The age distribution was 21.1% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% 65 or older. The median age was 44.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.8 males. The median household income was $49,966 and the median family income was $57,045. Males had a median income of $41,378 versus $25,481 for females. The per capita income for the township was $22,879. About 4.2% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the

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, including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.

Recreation

Portions of the Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 110, which carries part of the

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, are 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 2019, there were of public roads in Tilden Township, of which were maintained by the

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(PennDOT) and were maintained by the township.

Interstate 78 Interstate 78 (I-78) is an east–west Interstate Highway in the Northeastern United States, running from I-81 northeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, through Allentown to western and northern New Jersey and terminating at the Holland T ...

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 ...

and Pennsylvania Route 61 have an interchange in the township, just west of the Schuylkill River. Old Route 22 (Hex Highway) runs east-to-west south of I-78 and does not interchange with PA 61.

References

http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/sdc/pasdc_files/census2010/Berks%20County/Tilden%20Township,%20Berks%20County.pdf

External links

Tilden Township Government
{{authority control Townships in Berks County, Pennsylvania Townships in Pennsylvania