Todd Township is a
township
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in
Fulton County,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. The population was 1,625 at the
2020 census.
History
The
Cold Spring Farm and
Cowans Gap State Park Family Cabin District are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of 29.0 square miles (75.0 km), of which 28.9 square miles (74.9 km) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km), or 0.21%, is water.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 1,488 people, 605 households, and 430 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 735 housing units at an average density of 25.4/sq mi (9.8/km). The racial makeup of the township was 95.36%
White
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, 3.43%
African American
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, 0.47%
Native American
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, 0.07%
Asian, 0.07% from
other races
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, and 0.60% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race were 0.54% of the population.
There were 605 households, out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were
married couples
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living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.87.
In the township the population was spread out, with 24.3% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $37,292, and the median income for a family was $41,976. Males had a median income of $31,728 versus $21,458 for females. The
per capita income
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for the township was $16,726. About 7.6% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 13.6% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.
Recreation
Cowans Gap State Park
Cowans Gap State Park is a List of Pennsylvania state parks, Pennsylvania state park in Todd Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, Todd Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, Fulton County and Metal Township, Pennsylvania, Metal Township, Fran ...
, a
Pennsylvania state park, is in Todd Township on
Little Aughwick Creek
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, with part of it being in neighboring
Metal Township in
Franklin County.
References
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Populated places established in 1730
Townships in Fulton County, Pennsylvania
1730 establishments in Pennsylvania
Townships in Pennsylvania