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Washington Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Washington Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1789 from Salem Township. At that time, it included the present-day municipalities of Allegheny, Lower Burrell, Upper Burrell, and most of Bell. In 2020, the population of Washington Twp was 6,887. History The John Walter Farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 32.6 square miles (84.4 km2), of which 31.7 square miles (82.1 km2) is land and 0.9 square mile (2.3 km2) (2.67%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 7,384 people, 2,809 households, and 2,151 families living in the township. The population density was . There were 2,961 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 99.00% White, 0.60% African American, 0.03% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.09% from other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Township (Pennsylvania)
A township, under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is the lowest level of municipal incorporation of government. All of Pennsylvania's community, communities outside of incorporated local government in Pennsylvania#City, cities, borough (Pennsylvania), boroughs, and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania#History, one town have been incorporated into individual townships that serve as the legal entities providing local self-government functions. In general, townships in Pennsylvania encompass larger land areas than other Municipality, municipalities, and tend to be located in suburban, exurban, or rural parts of the commonwealth. As with other incorporated municipalities in Pennsylvania, townships exist within local government in Pennsylvania#County, counties and are subordinate to or dependent upon the county level of government. History Townships in Pennsylvania were created in the 17th century during the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania prior to the American Revolution. Muc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
