Allegany Township, Pennsylvania

Allegany Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania
Township
An Allegany Township farm
Map of Potter County, Pennsylvania highlighting Alleghany Township
Map of Potter County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Potter
Incorporated	1828
Area
• Total	40.3 sq mi (104.5 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total	402
• Density	10.0/sq mi (3.8/km2)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Allegany Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 402 at the 2000 census.

Allegany Township is unusual in that it uses a variant spelling of the word Allegheny more commonly associated with the state of New York in its name. Other entities in Pennsylvania use the "Allegheny" spelling.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 40.3 square miles (104 km²), of which, 40.3 square miles (104 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) of it (0.05%) is water.

Allegany Township is bordered by Genesee Township to the north, Ulysses Township to the east, Sweden Township to the south and Hebron Township to the west.

Cobb Hill, located in this township, is part of the St. Lawrence River Divide. Its north slope is the headwaters of the West Branch of the Genesee River while the south slope contains the headwaters of the Allegheny River. West-northwest of Cobb Hill is Rose Lake, which through the first half of the 20th century fed tributaries of both rivers, and therefore drained into both the Atlantic Ocean (via the St. Lawrence River) and the Gulf of Mexico.

As of the census of 2000, there were 402 people, 161 households, and 115 families residing in the township. The population density was 10.0 people per square mile (3.8/km²). There were 253 housing units at an average density of 6.3/sq mi (2.4/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.00% White, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.25% of the population.