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Washington 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 ...
in
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Lehigh County (; Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Lechaa Kaundi'') 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 coun ...
, United States. The population of Washington Township was 6,624 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb of
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in the
Lehigh Valley The Lehigh Valley () is a geography, geographic and urban area, metropolitan region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Northampton counties in eastern Pennsylvania. It is a co ...
, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.


History

Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument, erected in 1909 in Washington Township, was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 2004.


Geography

Washington Township is the northernmost in Lehigh County. According to the
U.S. Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The U.S. Census Bureau is part of the U ...
, the township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.74%, are water. It is drained by the
Lehigh River The Lehigh River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania. The river flows in a generally southward ...
, which separates it from Northampton County to the east, and Blue Mountain separates it from Carbon County to the north. The township includes nine villages: Best Station,
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, Friedens, Lehigh Furnace,
Lehigh Gap The Lehigh Gap or Lehigh Water Gap is a water gap located in the townships of Lehigh Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh, Washington Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Washington, Lower Towamensing Township, Pennsylvania, Lower ...
, Neffs, Newhard, Newside, and Slatedale.


Adjacent municipalities

* North Whitehall Township (south) * Heidelberg Township (west) * East Penn Township, Carbon County (north) * Lower Towamensing Township (tangent to the northeast) * Lehigh Township (east) * Slatington (east) * Walnutport (east)


Climate

The township has a
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''/''Dfb'') and the
hardiness zone A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants. In some systems other statistics are included in the calculations. The original and most widely ...
s are 6a and 6b. Average monthly temperatures range from in January to in July.Prism at Oregon State University
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Demographics

As of the
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2000, there were 6,588 people, 2,512 households, and 1,929 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 2,594 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 98.71%
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 ...
, 0.21%
African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
, 0.08% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 0.35% from two or more races.
Hispanic The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, Hispanic and Latino Americans, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an Ethnici ...
or Latino of any race were 0.97% of the population. There were 2,512 households, out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.2% were
married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.2% were non-families. 18.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 2.97. In the township, the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.8 males. The median income for a household in the township was $50,587, and the median income for a family was $55,332. Males had a median income of $35,340 versus $26,967 for females. The
per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the township was $19,980. About 3.5% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the
poverty line The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for ...
, including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.


Education

The township is served by the Northern Lehigh School District. Students in grades nine through 12 attend Northern Lehigh High School in Slatington.


Transportation

As of 2010, there were of public roads in Washington Township, of which were maintained by the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) is an agency created in 1937 to construct, finance, operate, and maintain the Pennsylvania Turnpike (both the mainline and the Northeast Extension). The commission consists of five members. Four memb ...
(PTC), 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.
Interstate 476 Interstate 476 (I-476) is a auxiliary Interstate Highway of I-76 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The highway runs from I-95 near Chester north to I-81 near Scranton, serving as the primary north–south Interstate corridor through ea ...
follows the
Pennsylvania Turnpike The Pennsylvania Turnpike, sometimes shortened to Penna Turnpike or PA Turnpike, is a controlled-access toll road which is operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) in Pennsylvania. It runs for across the southern part of the st ...
's Northeast Extension along a northwest-southeast alignment through Washington Township, entering the
Lehigh Tunnel The Lehigh Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels that carries the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (Interstate 476) under Blue Mountain (Pennsylvania), Blue Mountain north from U.S. Route 22 in the Lehigh Valley to the Scranton, Pennsylvania ...
near the north edge of the township. However, the nearest interchange is in South Whitehall Township. Local access to the township is provided by Pennsylvania Route 873, which crosses north-to-south from
Pennsylvania Route 248 Pennsylvania Route 248 (PA 248) is a long state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 209 (US 209) in Weissport East, Pennsylvania, Weissport East, a CDP in Franklin T ...
in
Lehigh Gap The Lehigh Gap or Lehigh Water Gap is a water gap located in the townships of Lehigh Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh, Washington Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Washington, Lower Towamensing Township, Pennsylvania, Lower ...
to PA Route 329 in Neffs and PA Route 309 in Schnecksville. An important east-to-west thoroughfare is Mountain Road, which proceeds west from PA 873 in Lehigh Gap to PA 309 north of New Tripoli.
LANta The Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA) is a regional public transportation authority that provides public bus and rapid transit service throughout the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, including Allentown, Bethl ...
serves the township with bus route 325.


References


External links

* {{authority control Townships in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Townships in Pennsylvania