Lower Heidelberg Township is a

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Berks County, Pennsylvania Berks County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Barricks Kaundi'') 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 coun ...

, United States. The population was 5,513 at the 2010 census.

History

The Hain Mill, Knorr-Bare Farm, Old Dry Road, and Tulpehocken Creek Historic District are listed on the

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Geography

According to the

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, the township has a total area of 15.5 square miles (40.1 km), of which 14.9 square miles (38.7 km) is land and 0.5 square mile (1.4 km) (3.49%) is water.

Adjacent townships

* South Heidelberg Township (south) * Heidelberg Township (west) * North Heidelberg Township (northwest) * Penn Township (far north) * Bern Township (north) * Spring Township (east) Adjacent boroughs * Sinking Spring (southeast) * Wernersville (south) The

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of Brownsville, State Hill, Cacoosing, Wooltown, (former) Blue Marsh are located in Lower Heidelberg Township.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 4,150 people, 1,544 households, and 1,156 families living in the township. The population density was . There were 1,578 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 97.30%

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, 0.87%

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, 0.02% Native American, 1.18% Asian, 0.27% from other races, and 0.36% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.04% of the population. There were 1,544 households, out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.3% were

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living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.1% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.11. In the township, the population was spread out, with 26.6% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.7 males. The median income for a household in the township was $61,375, and the median income for a family was $69,706. Males had a median income of $50,391 versus $27,500 for females. The

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for the township was $27,700. About 1.4% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the

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, including 1.5% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.

Recreation

Part of the

Blue Marsh Lake Blue Marsh Lake is an artificial lake located northwest of the city of Reading, Pennsylvania, USA and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District. It is in western Berks County, fed into by the Tulpehocken Creek. The main ...

and part of the Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 280 is located in the northern part of the township.https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/ The National Map, retrieved October 31, 2018Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 280
retrieved October 31, 2018

Transportation

As of 2019, there were of public roads in Lower Heidelberg Township, of which were maintained by the

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(PennDOT) and were maintained by the township. U.S. Route 422 is the only numbered highway serving Lower Heidelberg Township. It follows an east-west alignment along the southern edge of the township.

Gallery

File:Lower Heidelberg Twp, BercksCo PA 01.JPG, Fields near Green Valley Rd. File:Farm on Green Valley Rd, Lower Heidelberg Twp, BercksCo PA 01.JPG, Farm on Green Valley Rd. File:Green Valley Elementary School, Lower Heidelberg Twp, BercksCo PA 02.JPG, Green Valley Elementary School.

References

External links

Official website
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