Stewart Township is a

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

Fayette County, Pennsylvania Fayette County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, adjacent to Maryland and West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 128,804. Its county seat is Uniontown. The county wa ...

, United States. It is part of the

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. The population was 623 at the 2020 census. Stonerville and Kaufmann are the only villages in this very rural township, which is served by the Uniontown Area School District. Two U.S.

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are in Stewart Township. They are

Fallingwater Fallingwater is a Historic house museum, house museum in Stewart Township, Pennsylvania, Stewart Township in the Laurel Highlands of Greater Pittsburgh, southwestern Pennsylvania, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, i ...

and Kentuck Knob. Both were designed by

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed List of Frank Lloyd Wright works, more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key ...

and are available for touring.

Geography

Stewart Township is on the eastern side of Fayette County, bordered to the east by Somerset County. The borough of Ohiopyle is at the center of the township but is a separate municipality. The

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flows through the township from southeast to north. According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.93%, is water. Pennsylvania Route 381 crosses the township, passing through Ohiopyle and leading northeast to Normalville and southwest to Farmington.

Landmarks

Two homes designed by

are located in Stewart Township and are on the

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. The first is the internationally renowned

house, perched over Bear Run waterfalls north of Ohiopyle. Public tours are offered, which allow enjoying Bear Run also. The second Wright house is the Kentuck Knob residence, grounds, and sculpture park - located west of Ohiopyle and open to the public for tours and countryside walks.

Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 743 people, 275 households, and 215 families residing in the township. The population density was 14.7 people per square mile (5.7/km). There were 338 housing units at an average density of 6.7/sq mi (2.6/km). The racial makeup of the township was 99.46% White, 0.13% African American, and 0.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 0.40% of the population. There were 275 households, out of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.7% were married couples living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.8% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.07. In the township, 25.2% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.7 males. The median income for a household in the township was $32,917, and the median income for a family was $35,060. Males had a median income of $26,786 versus $16,563 for females. The

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for the township was $15,754. About 5.9% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the

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, including 11.8% of those under age 18 and 14.5% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

Fallingwater

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

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