Windham Township is a

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, USA. It is part of

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. The population was 818 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Windham Township is located in northeast Bradford County, along the

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state line. It is bordered by Warren Township to the east,

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and

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townships to the south, and Litchfield Township to the west. To the north, in

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, is the town of Nichols. Windham Township includes the unincorporated communities of Windham, Windham Center, and Windham Summit.

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flows through the northeast part of the township into

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, where it joins the

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runs north–south through the township, becoming

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north of the state line. According to the

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, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.71%, is water.

Demographics

At the 2020

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, there were 818 people living in 328 households in the township. The

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was . There were 440 housing units at an average density of . The racial make-up of the township was 91.07%

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, 0.24%

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, 0.24% Native American, 0.48% Asian and 6.48% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.95% of the population. There were 328 households, of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were

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living together, and 24.0% had a female householder with no husband present. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.89. 24.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64 and 14.7% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.5 years. The

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was $49,583 and the median family income was $67,083. About 15.0% of the population lived below the

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, including 24.6% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

{{Authority control Populated places established in 1800 Townships in Bradford County, Pennsylvania Townships in Pennsylvania