Perry Township is a

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that is located in

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Armstrong County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,558. The county seat is Kittanning. The county was organized on March 12, 1800, from parts of Allegheny, Westmoreland and Lycom ...

, United States. The population was 367 at the time of the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 352 that was tabulated in 2010.

History

Perry Township appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

Cemeteries

*Crawford Cemetery *Robinson Cemetery *Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery *Shakley Cemetery *Walley Cemetery

Geography

Perry Township is located in northern Armstrong County, between the west bank of the

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and the western county boundary. It is bordered to the north by the city of

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. According to the

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

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 404 people, 154 households, and 119 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 263 housing units at an average density of 17.5/sq mi (6.8/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.75% White, and 0.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.25% of the population. There were 154 households, out of which 32.5% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 64.3% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 2.92. The township median age of thirty-nine years was slightly less than the county median age of forty years. The distribution by age group was 24.5% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 5.4% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 30.7% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 25.5% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 13.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. For every one hundred females, there were 98.0 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 108.9 males. The median income for a household in the township was $32,083, and the median income for a family was $40,469. Males had a median income of $31,250 compared with that of $26,250 for females. The

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for the township was $22,784. Approximately 11.1% of families and 11.8% of the population were living below the

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, including 11.0% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 3.8% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

Education

Karns City Area School District Karn City Area School District is a public school district in Butler County, Clarion County, and Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The district serves the boroughs of Chicora, Fairview, Karns City, Petrolia, and Bruin, and the townships of ...

- public schools *

Karns City High School Karns City Area Junior/Senior High School is located in Karns City, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Karns City Area School District. The school serves students residing in the Butler County, Clarion County, and Armstrong counties. The bo ...

in neighboring Butler County

Recreation

A portion of the

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is located in Perry Township, at the confluence of Birch Run with the

.Pennsylvania State Game Lands
retrieved September 15, 2018.

References

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