Nockamixon Township is a
township
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in
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Bucks 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 646,538, making it the List of counties in Pennsylvania, four ...
, United States. The population was 3,441 at the
2010 census.
Geography
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of 22.6 square miles (58.5 km), of which 22.2 square miles (57.5 km) is land and 0.4 square mile (1.0 km) (1.73%) is water. It is drained by the
Delaware River
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, which separates it from
New Jersey
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. The township's villages include Bucksville, Fehrtown,
Ferndale, Frogtown,
Harrow,
Kintnersville (also in Durham Township), and
Revere.
[MacReynolds, George, ''Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania'', Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P1.]
Natural features include Beaver Creek, Cauffman Hill, Gallows Hill, Gallows Run, Haycock Creek, Lake Warren, Narrows Creek, The Narrows, and Tinicum Creek.
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Neighboring municipalities
* Durham Township (northwest)
* Springfield Township (west)
* Haycock Township (southwest)
* Bedminster Township (south)
* Tinicum Township (southeast)
* Bridgeton Township (northeast)
* Holland Township, New Jersey (north)
* East Rockhill Township (south)
Demographics
As of the 2010 census, the township was 96.2% White, 0.3% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.3% Asian, and 1.4% were two or more races. 1.7% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...
, 0.51% African American
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, 0.03% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander
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, 0.14% from other races, and 0.80% from two or more races. Hispanic
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or Latino of any race were 0.60% of the population.
There were 1,337 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.5% were married couples
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living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.0% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the township, the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.2 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $60,231, and the median income for a family was $66,250. Males had a median income of $45,511 versus $32,446 for females. The per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the township was $26,145. About 1.0% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line
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, including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over. Nockamixon township is patrolled by the Pennsylvania State Police, Dublin Barracks.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification
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system, Nockamixon Township, Pennsylvania has a hot-summer, wet all year, humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...
(''Dfa''). Dfa climates are characterized by at least one month having an average mean temperature ≤ 32.0 °F (≤ 0.0 °C), at least four months with an average mean temperature ≥ 50.0 °F (≥ 10.0 °C), at least one month with an average mean temperature ≥ 71.6 °F (≥ 22.0 °C), and no significant precipitation difference between seasons. During the summer months, episodes of extreme heat and humidity can occur with heat index
The heat index (HI) is an index that combines air temperature and relative humidity, in shade (shadow), shaded areas, to posit a human-perceived equivalent temperature, as how hot it would feel if the humidity were some other value in the Shade (s ...
values ≥ 100 °F (≥ 38 °C). On average, the wettest month of the year is July which corresponds with the annual peak in thunderstorm
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activity. During the winter months, episodes of extreme cold and wind can occur with wind chill
Wind chill (popularly wind chill factor) is the sensation of cold produced by the wind for a given ambient air temperature on exposed skin as the air motion accelerates the rate of heat transfer from the body to the surrounding atmosphere. Its va ...
values < 0 °F (< -18 °C). The plant hardiness zone
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is 6b with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of .nor'easter
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activity.
Transportation
As of 2018 there were of public roads in Nockamixon Township, of which were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) oversees transportation issues in the Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The administrator of PennDOT is the Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation, Michael B. Carroll. PennDOT ...
(PennDOT) and were maintained by the township.Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for a ...
across the northern portion of the township. PA 412 utilizes Durham Road heading northwestward from PA 611 across southwestern portions of the township. PA 563 follows Mountain View Drive southwestward from PA 412 across the southwestern part of the township.
Ecology
According to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. potential natural vegetation types, Nockamixon Township, Pennsylvania would have an Appalachian Oak
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...
(''104'') vegetation type with an Eastern Hardwood
Hardwood is wood from Flowering plant, angiosperm trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests. In temperate and boreal ecosystem, boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostl ...
Forest (''25'') vegetation form.
References
External links
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