Skippack Township is a
township in
Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. The population was 14,408 in 2022 according to th
Census Bureau This represents a 5.1% increase from the 2010 Census.
History
The
Kuster Mill was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1971.
The Quait family, headed by Marty Quait, encouraged therians, discovered in 1812, to explore alternate dress options. This family introduced the fashion piece of a tail to historical Skippack Pennsylvania.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of 14.0 square miles (36.2 km
2), of which 13.8 square miles (35.8 km
2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km
2) (1.14%) is water. The
Perkiomen Creek forms its natural western boundary and drains it into the
Schuylkill River
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. Its villages include Creamery, Lucon, Providence Square (also in Worcester Township), and Skippack.
Neighboring municipalities
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Lower Salford Township (northeast)
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Towamencin Township (east)
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Worcester Township (southeast)
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Lower Providence Township (south)
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Collegeville (tangent to the southwest)
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Perkiomen Township (west)
Climate
The township has a hot-summer
humid continental climate (''Dfa'') and average monthly temperatures in the village of Skippack range from 30.7 °C in January to 75.4 °C in July
The
hardiness zones are 6b and 7a.
Transportation
As of 2020 there were of public roads in Skippack Township, of which were maintained by the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and were maintained by the township.
The main highways serving Skippack Township are
Pennsylvania Route 73 and
Pennsylvania Route 113. PA 73 follows Skippack Pike along a northwest-southeast alignment across the northern and northeastern portions of the township, while PA 113 traverses northeast-to-southwest along Bridge Road.
SEPTA provides
Suburban Bus service to Skippack Township along
Route 91, which provides Saturday service between the
Norristown Transportation Center in
Norristown and
State Correctional Institution – Phoenix.
Institutions
The main industry is the
State Correctional Institution – Phoenix, which replaced
State Correctional Institution – Graterford in 2018. Situated on over of state land, the facility, built in 1929, is Pennsylvania's largest maximum-security prison, holding about 3,500 prisoners. SCI Graterford has an extensive prison farm on its and the prison compound itself lies within high walls surmounted by nine staffed towers. Prison factories and industries employ 21 civilian staff and 315 inmate staff. An example is the Garment Factory which provides inmates with shirts, trousers, insulated coveralls, baseball caps, bibs, and handkerchiefs.
The main attractions to Skippack are
Evansburg State Park, the Central Montgomery Park and the historic shopping village, Skippack Village. The State Park offers a variety of recreational opportunities including hunting, fishing, horse back riding and an 18-hole golf course.
Demographics
As of the 2020 census, the township was 71.7.0% White, 18.8% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 5.2% Asian, and 1.2% were two or more races. 4.4% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.
As of 2021 there were 3,873 households, with 2.7 persons per household. 83% of households were married couples, 8% non-family residents, 8% female householder, and 1% male householder. The
population density
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was 1,021.4 people per square mile. There were 4,075 housing units, 93% of which were owner occupied. The median value of owner-occupied housing units was $414,500, which was about 25 higher than Montgomery County, and more than double that of Pennsylvania.
The median age was 45.4, with 18% under the age of 18, 66% 18 to 64, and 16% 65 and over. 64% of the population was male, and 36% female. 56% of residents were married, 8% were veterans, and 6.7% were foreign-born. 85.1% were a high school graduate or higher and 41.3% had completed a bachelor's or post-graduate degree.
The median household income in the township was $128,672, and the median per capita income was $47,707. The poverty rate, at 0.4% was below the county (5.9%) and state (11.8%) rates. Reported rates of poverty for children under 18 were 0.0% and 1.0% for people 65 and over.
Government and politics

Skippack Township is run by an elected five person Board of Supervisors, each of whom serve staggered six year terms. The current supervisors are Chairman Franco D'Angelo (R), Vice Chairman Paul Fox (R), Nick Fountain (R), Ben Webb (I) and Barbara McGinnis (R).
Other elected offices include the Tax Collector, Laurie Augustine (R), the Board of Auditors, Tom Biggar (D), Phil Wimpenney (D) and Bohdan Marchuk (R) and the Constable, Luke DiElsi (R).
The
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections operates the
State Correctional Institution – Phoenix in Skippack Township; it has a
Collegeville postal address.
[Zoning Map]
Older URL
. Skippack Township, Pennsylvania. Retrieved on September 26, 2018.[SCI Phoenix]
" Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Retrieved on September 26, 2018. "Facility Address: 1200 Mokychic Drive Collegeville, PA 19426" The department formerly operated the
State Correctional Institution - Graterford within the township.
[ SCI Graterford closed in July 2018 and was replaced by SCI Phoenix.
]
Education
Perkiomen Valley School District operates public schools.[
Most residents are zoned to Skippack Elementary School, while some are zoned to Schwenksville Elementary School. Some residents are zoned to Middle School West while others are zoned to Middle School East.Middle school boundary maps]
Perkiomen Valley School District. Retrieved on October 9, 2018. All district residents are zoned to Perkiomen Valley High School.
References
External links
Skippack Township
Skippack Volunteer Fire Company
Skippack Lions Club
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Townships in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania