Barr Township is a

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Cambria County, Pennsylvania Cambria County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 133,472. Its county seat is Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, Ebensb ...

, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 2,057. It is part of the

Johnstown, Pennsylvania Johnstown is the largest city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located east of Pittsburgh, it is the principal city of the Metropolitan statistical area ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The Colver Historic District was listed on the

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in 1994.

Geography

Barr Township is located in northwestern Cambria County at 40.526848,-78.490448, bordered on the west by Indiana County. The borough of Northern Cambria borders the township on the northeast. According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.16%, is water.

Communities

Unincorporated communities

* Marsteller * Nicktown * Vetera * Watkins

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,175 people, 753 households, and 594 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 803 housing units at an average density of 25.5/sq mi (9.8/km). The racial makeup of the township was 99.77%

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, 0.14% Native American, and 0.09% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.14% of the population. There were 753 households, out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.7% were

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living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% were non-families. 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.87 and the average family size was 3.30. In the township the population was spread out, with 26.8% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males. The median income for a household in the township was $34,107, and the median income for a family was $36,813. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $19,735 for females. The

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for the township was $13,444. About 11.2% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the

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, including 13.9% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

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* {{authority control Populated places established in 1872 Townships in Cambria County, Pennsylvania 1872 establishments in Pennsylvania Townships in Pennsylvania