Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
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Greene 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
Franklin County, Pennsylvania Franklin 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 155,932. Its county seat is Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Cha ...
, United States. The population was 18,436 at the 2020 census, up from 12,284 at the 2000 census. Part of
Caledonia State Park Caledonia State Park is a List of Pennsylvania state parks, Pennsylvania state park in Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Franklin County and Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylva ...
is in Greene Township.


History

The township has the name of
Nathanael Greene Major general (United States), Major General Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786) was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War. He emerge ...
, American general. The James Finley House, Corker Hill, and Culbertson–Harbison Farm are listed on the
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.


Geography

Greene Township is in eastern Franklin County, bordered to the east by Adams County. The township is bordered to the southwest by the borough of
Chambersburg Chambersburg is a borough in and the county seat of Franklin County, in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is in the Cumberland Valley, which is part of the Great Appalachian Valley, and north of Maryland and the Ma ...
, the
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. The primary settlement is the unincorporated community of
Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
in the center of the township. Fayetteville is located along the southern border of the township. Part of the
Letterkenny Army Depot Letterkenny Army Depot (originally Letterkenny Ordnance Depot), the Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for Air Defense and Tactical Missile Systems, was established in early 1942. Its leadership began recruiting civilian personn ...
is in the west. Green Village and Culbertson are located between the Army Depot and Scotland. The township is primarily in the
Great Appalachian Valley The Great Appalachian Valley, also called The Great Valley or Great Valley Region, is one of the major landform features of eastern North America. It is a gigantic trough, including a chain of valley lowlands, and the central feature of the Appal ...
, with the eastern portion climbing the slopes of South Mountain. Caledonia State Park is on the eastern edge of the township, and
Michaux State Forest Michaux State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #1. The main offices are located in Fayetteville in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA. The Michaux State Forest is in several tracts covering ...
occupies much of the remaining portions of the mountain in the township.
Interstate 81 Interstate 81 (I-81) is a north–south (physically northeast–southwest) Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at Interstate 40, I-40 in Dandridge, Tennessee, Dandridge, Tennessee; its nort ...
and
U.S. Route 11 U.S. Route 11 or U.S. Highway 11 (US 11) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway extending across the eastern U.S. The southern terminus of the route is at US 90 in Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refu ...
cross the township from north to south. Access to I-81 is from Exit 17 at the southern boundary and from Exit 20 at Scotland. US-11 passes through Green Village and leads south into Chambersburg and northeast to Shippensburg.
U.S. Route 30 U.S. Route 30 or U.S. Highway 30 (US 30) is an east–west main route of the United States Numbered Highway System, with the highway traveling across the Northern U.S. With a length of , it is the third-longest U.S. Highway, afte ...
passes through the southeast corner of the township, serving Fayetteville and leading east to Gettysburg and west to Chambersburg. According to the
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, the township has a total area of , of which , or 0.02%, is water. The township is primarily drained by
Conococheague Creek Conococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River, is a free-flowing stream that originates in Pennsylvania and empties into the Potomac River near Williamsport, Maryland, Williamsport, Maryland. It is in length,U.S. Geological Survey. Natio ...
, which rises on South Mountain and enters the township at Caledonia Park, flowing west then south to Chambersburg and ultimately to the
Potomac River The Potomac River () is in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. It is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography D ...
. The northern corner of the township drains north via Rowe Run to
Conodoguinet Creek Conodoguinet Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in South central Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. The name is Native American, and means "A Long Way with Many Bends". Cono ...
, a tributary of the
Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River ( ; Unami language, Lenape: ) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, crossing three lower Northeastern United States, Northeast states (New York, Pennsylvani ...
.


Neighboring Townships

* Franklin Township ( Adams County), (east) * Guilford Township (south) * Hamilton Township (southwest) * Letterkenny Township (northwest) * Southampton Township (north)


Communities

* Brownsville * Caledonia Park * Cold Spring * Culbertson Station * Fayetteville * Green Village * Mount Union * Nyesville * Red Bridge * Salem *
Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
* Smoketown * Woodstock


Demographics

As of the
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2000, there were 12,284 people, 5,022 households, and 3,676 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 5,309 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 96.39%
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, 1.54%
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, 0.08% Native American, 0.71% Asian, 0.10%
Pacific Islander Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe th ...
, 0.46% from other races, and 0.72% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 1.31% of the population. There were 5,022 households, out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.86. In the township the population was spread out, with 22.9% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males. The median income for a household in the township was $44,380, and the median income for a family was $51,506. Males had a median income of $32,336 versus $25,675 for females. The
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for the township was $23,288. About 4.5% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the
poverty line The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for ...
, including 7.6% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.


References


External links


Greene Township official website
{{authority control Populated places established in 1744 Townships in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Townships in Pennsylvania 1744 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies