Menno Township, Pennsylvania
Township in Pennsylvania, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Menno Township is a township in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,973 at the time of the 2020 census.[2]
Menno Township, Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
 Gazebo in Allensville | |
 Map of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania highlighting Menno Township | |
 Map of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Mifflin |
| Settled | 1754 |
| Incorporated | 1837 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Board of Supervisors |
| • Supervisor | Torrey Hildebrand |
| • Supervisor | Harry Clever |
| • Supervisor | Micah Anderson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.70 sq mi (61.38 km2) |
| • Land | 23.69 sq mi (61.35 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,973  |
| • Estimate (2022)[2] | 1,972 |
| • Density | 81.05/sq mi (31.29/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Zip code | 17002 |
| Area code | 717 |
| FIPS code | 42-087-48664 |
| Website | Menno Township |
| Local phone exchange: 483 | |
The township was named for Menno Simons, an early Mennonite leader. Mennonites and Amish were among the early settlers of the area, and members of these faiths continue to form a part of the area's population.[3][4][5][6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.8 square miles (61.7 km2), all land.
As of the census[8] of 2000, there were 1,763 people, 484 households, and 408 families residing in the township.
The population density was 74.0 inhabitants per square mile (28.6/km2). There were 551 housing units at an average density of 23.1/sq mi (8.9/km2).
The racial makeup of the township was 97.50% White, 1.64% African American, 0.06% Asian, 0.17% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.40% of the population.
There were 484 households, out of which 45.9% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 77.1% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.5% were non-families. 14.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 3.64 and the average family size was 4.07.
In the township the population was spread out, with 40.0% under the age of eighteen, 10.0% from eighteen to twenty-four, 22.5% from twenty-five to forty-four, 16.6% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 10.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was twenty-five years.
For every one hundred females, there were 95.2 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 95.2 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $31,453, and the median income for a family was $34,141. Males had a median income of $28,125 compared with that of $17,500 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $10,303.
Roughly 17.6% of families and 23.6% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 31.1% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 17.0% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
