Bridgewater Township, Pennsylvania
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Bridgewater Township is a
township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in
Susquehanna County Susquehanna County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,434 Its county seat is Montrose. The county was created on February 21, 1810, from part of Luzerne County and later organized in ...
,
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
, United States. The population was 2,582 at the 2020 census, but is now estimated to be 2,754.


History

Bridgewater Township was formed in November 1806 from parts of Tunkhannock, Braintrim, Nicholson, and Rush Townships in what was then northern Luzerne County. The Borough of Montrose was incorporated from part of Bridgewater Township in 1824.


Geography

According to the
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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.82%) is water.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2010, there were 2,844 people, 1,124 households, and 766 families residing in the township. The
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was . There were 1,303 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.1%
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, 0.4%
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, 0.2% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 1% of the population. There were 1,124 households, out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were
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living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.92. In the township the population was spread out, with 20.9% under the age of 18, 59.8% from 18 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.7 years. The median income for a household in the township was $44,188, and the median income for a family was $59,079. Males had a median income of $32,853 versus $26,056 for females. The
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for the township was $24,898. About 4.2% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the
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, including 9.2% of those under age 18 and 1.4% of those age 65 or over.


Notable people

* Orson Flagg Bullard - Pennsylvania State Representative


References

{{authority control Townships in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Populated places established in 1798 Townships in Pennsylvania