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Penn Forest Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Penn Forest Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 9,581 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census, up from 5,439 at the 2000 census. Geography The township is the largest by area in Carbon County, occupying a sizable portion of the eastern side of the county. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.40%, is water. It is drained by the Lehigh River, which meanders along Penn Forest's western border through the Lehigh Gorge State Park, Lehigh Gorge. Mud Run, a tributary of the Lehigh, forms the northern border of the township. Its villages include Christmans, Christmansville, and Meckesville, and its census-designated places are Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, Albrightsville (also in Kidder Township), Indian Mountain Lake, Pennsylvania, Indian Mountain Lake (also in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Monroe County) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hickory Run State Park
Hickory Run State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Kidder and Penn Forest Townships in Carbon County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is spread across the Pocono Mountains. The park is easily accessible from Interstate 476 and Interstate 80. Hickory Run State Park was chosen by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and its Bureau of Parks as one of "25 Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks". Recreation The park supports many activities, some of which vary seasonally. During the summer months, swimming is available in Sand Spring Lake, which is partially bordered by a sand beach. No lifeguards are stationed at the site. In winter, the frozen lake can be used for ice skating. Seasonal hunting is permitted in many areas of the park, with white-tailed deer, black bear, and squirrels among the game that may be hunted legally. Additional hunting opportunities are available in nearby state game lands, some of which border the park. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Mountain Lake, Pennsylvania
Indian Mountain Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Carbon County and Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Carbon County portion of the CDP is in Penn Forest Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Penn Forest Township, while the Monroe County portion is in Tunkhannock Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Tunkhannock and Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Chestnuthill townships. As of the 2010 United States census, 2010 census, the population of the community was 4,372. There are 3,262 single-family residential building lots in the community. The community of Indian Mountain Lake lies at the southern edge of the Pocono Mountains, Poconos, on top of Pohopoco Mountain and extending north to the valley of Mud Run, which is impounded to form the small Indian Mountain Lake. The western edge of the CDP follows Pennsylvania Route 534, and Pennsylvania Route 115 crosses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in turn, defines the census of agriculture as "a statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardiness Zone
A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants. In some systems other statistics are included in the calculations. The original and most widely used system, developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a rough guide for landscaping and gardening, defines 13 zones by long-term average annual extreme minimum temperatures. It has been adapted by and to other countries (such as Canada) in various forms. Unless otherwise specified, in American contexts "hardiness zone" or simply "zone" usually refers to the USDA scale. For example, a plant may be described as "hardy to zone 10": this means that the plant can withstand a minimum temperature of 30 °F (−1.1 °C) to 40 °F (4.4 °C). Other hardiness rating schemes have been developed as well, such as the UK Royal Horticultural Society and US Sunset Western Garden Book systems. A heat zone (s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humid Continental Climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) winters. Precipitation is usually distributed throughout the year but often do have dry seasons. The definition of this climate regarding temperature is as follows: the mean temperature of the coldest month must be below or depending on the isotherm, and there must be at least four months whose mean temperatures are at or above . In addition, the location in question must not be semi-arid or arid. The cooler ''Dfb'', ''Dwb'', and ''Dsb'' subtypes are also known as hemiboreal climates. Humid continental climates are generally found between latitudes 30° N and 60° N, within the central and northeastern portions of North America, Europe, and Asia. They are rare and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunkhannock Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Tunkhannock Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,037 at the 2020 census. Tunkhannock Township comprises the communities of Blakeslee and Long Pond. The most noteworthy feature of this township is the Tunkhannock creek, which forms "Long Pond", and is designated by the PA DEP as an Exceptional Value Waters (EV). The Bethlehem Authority, Nature Conservancy, Wildlands Conservancy County of Monroe Open Space Program, and PA Department of Forest and Waters have protected thousands of acres. Tunkhannock Township, PA is home to many species of globally rare, threatened, and endangered plants and animals and has been described as one of the last "great places". In Long Pond, Pennsylvania National Diversity Inventory found 35 rare, threatened or endangered species or ecological communities. The butterfly community and collection of rare plants found in Long Pond "likely represent the best assemblage of rare and unusual species of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Chestnuthill Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 16,708 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which 37.5 square miles (97.0 km2) is land and (0.35%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 14,418 people, 4,906 households, and 3,905 families residing in the township. The population density was 384.9 people per square mile (148.6/km2). There were 5,593 housing units at an average density of 149.3/sq mi (57.7/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 92.34% White (U.S. Census), White, 4.06% African American (U.S. Census), African American, 0.13% Native American (U.S. Census), Native American, 1.00% Asian (U.S. Census), Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander (U.S. Census), Pacific Islander, 1.03% from Race (United States Census), other races, and 1.41% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polk Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Polk Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,473 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 31.4 square miles (81.4 km2), of which 31.0 square miles (80.4 km2) is land and 0.4 square mile (1.1 km2) (1.30%) is water. It is drained by the Pohopoco Creek, which flows westward into the Lehigh River. Pohopoco Mountain forms its natural northern boundary. Its villages include Dottersville, Gilbert (also in Chestnuthill Township), Jonas, and Kresgeville. Neighboring municipalities * Tunkhannock Township (tangent to the northeast) * Chestnuthill Township (east) * Ross Township (tangent to the southeast) * Eldred Township (south) * Towamensing Township, Carbon County (west) * Penn Forest Township, Carbon County (northwest and north) Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 6,533 people, 2,301 households, and 1,808 families resid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Towamensing Township is a lightly populated rural township (Pennsylvania), township in eastern Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Lenape, Lenape Indian tribe's name is eponymous and was once applied by the natives to the whole region of Carbon County and bits of the Poconos to the north (Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County) and to Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County (southwest). The population was 4,477 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 3,475 at the 2000 census. A portion of Beltzville State Park is in the township. Geography Towamensing Township is in southeastern Carbon County and is bordered by Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Monroe County to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 6.15%, is water. It is drained by Aquashicola Creek and Pohopoco Creek into the Lehigh River. The township's no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Franklin Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 4,262 at the 2010 census. A portion of Beltzville State Park is in Franklin Township. Geography The township is located in southern Carbon County and is drained by the Lehigh River on its western boundary. The northern boundary runs along the base of Bear Mountain. Pohopoco Creek is the primary tributary of the Lehigh within the township and is impounded in the township by Beltzville Dam to form Beltzville Lake. Villages in the township include Beltzville, East Weissport, Harrity, Long Run, North Weissport, and Walcksville. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.27%, is water. Franklin Township hosts the Mahoning Valley Interchange of Interstate 476 with U.S. Route 209. Pennsylvania Route 248 connects US 209 in Weissport with the Allentown–Bethlehem area via Lehigh Gap. Neighboring muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Jim Thorpe is a borough and the county seat of Carbon County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is historically known as the burial site of Native American sports legend Jim Thorpe. Jim Thorpe is located in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania approximately northwest of Allentown, northwest of Philadelphia, and west of New York City. History Founding Jim Thorpe was founded in 1818 as Mauch Chunk (), a name derived from the term ''Mawsch Unk'' (Bear Place) in the language of the native Munsee-Lenape Delaware peoples: possibly a reference to Bear Mountain, an extension of Mauch Chunk Ridge that resembled a sleeping bear, or perhaps the original profile of the ridge, which has since been changed heavily by 220 years of mining. The company town was founded by Josiah White and his two partners, founders of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (LC&N). The town would be the lower terminus of a gravity railroad, the Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lehigh Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Lehigh Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 479 at the 2010 census. Geography The township is located in north-central Carbon County and is bordered to the north partially by Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County. The Lehigh River forms the winding eastern border of the township, carving a gorge up to deep. The township's villages include Leslie Run and Rockport. The borough of Weatherly, Pennsylvania, Weatherly is on the western side of the township but is a separate municipality. According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, Lehigh Township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.12%, is water. The township has a warm-summer humid continental climate (''Dfb'') and the hardiness zones are 5b and 6a. Average monthly temperatures in Rockport range from 25.2 °F in January to 69.9 °F in July Demographics As of the census of 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
