Hollenback Township is a

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which is located in

Luzerne County Luzerne County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and is water. It is Northeaste ...

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, United States. The population was 1,125 at the time of the 2020 census.

History

When several German farmers entered modern-day Hollenback Township in 1789, they faced the difficult task of converting the rugged landscape and stubborn soil into fertile farmland. By 1796, the area belonged to Nescopeck and

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Townships. In 1825, the first store and tavern were erected. The

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and several

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. By 1870, the township had a population of 1,300. It was later reduced to seven hundred and thirty when a section of the township broke away to form Conyngham Township.

Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of , all of it land.

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travels through the southern portion of the township, and links up with

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, just south of the municipality.

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is east of the township. Hollenback lies within a fertile valley between Hess Mountain (to the north) and

Nescopeck Mountain Nescopeck Mountain (also known as Nescopec Mountain) is a ridge in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, Columbia County and Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. Its elevation is above sea level. The ridg ...

(to the south). The center of the community is made up of small farming communities (e.g., the Hobbie Village). The northern and southern sections are made up of dense forests. Several creeks flow through the township (e.g.,

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and

Little Wapwallopen Creek Little Wapwallopen Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Rice Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Rice Township, Dorrance Township, Lu ...

Education

Hollenback Township is part of

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,243 people, 439 households, and 355 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 466 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.39%

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, 0.32%

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, 0.08%

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, 0.16% Asian, and 1.05% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.40% of the population. There were 439 households, out of which 37.1% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 68.6% were

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living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.10. In the township the population was spread out, with 26.3% under the age of eighteen, 6.5% from eighteen to twenty-four, 30.1% from twenty-five to forty-four, 23.1% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 14.0% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years. For every one hundred females, there were 99.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 97.4 males. The median income for a household in the township was $42,063, and the median income for a family was $44,712. Males had a median income of $33,125 compared with that of $21,058 for females. The

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for the township was $16,794. Roughly 5.9% of families and 7.3% of the population were living below the

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, including 13.2% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 10.1% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

References

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