Wayne 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 ...

that is located in

Dauphin County Dauphin County (; Pennsylvania Dutch: Daffin Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 286,401. The county seat is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's state capital and ninth-most populous city. ...

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, United States. The population was 1,264 at the time of the 2020 census.

History

Wayne Township was named for

Anthony Wayne Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 – December 15, 1796) was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. He adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military expl ...

. The Shoop Site (36DA20) was listed on the

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in 1986.

Geography

According to the

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

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,184 people, 411 households, and 355 families living in the township. The population density was . There were 426 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 99.16%

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, 0.08% Native American, 0.25% Asian, and 0.51% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.34% of the population. There were 411 households, out of which 41.4% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 78.6% were

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living together, 4.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.4% were non-families. Out of all of the households that were documented, 10.9% were made up of individuals, and 2.2% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.08. Within the township, the population was spread out, with 27.4% of residents who were under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 33.4% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every one hundred females, there were 109.6 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 105.5 males. The median income for a household in the township was $48,971, and the median income for a family was $50,917. Males had a median income of $39,375 compared with that of $26,731 for females. The

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for the township was $19,279. Approximately 4.1% of families and 4.8% of the population were living below the

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, including 3.0% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 2.2% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.

References

External links

Map of Wayne Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation {{authority control Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area Townships in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Townships in Pennsylvania