East Earl Township, Pennsylvania

East Earl Township, Pennsylvania
Township
a farm in the township
Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania highlighting East Earl Township
Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lancaster
Settled	1722
Incorporated	1851
Government
• Type	Board of Supervisors
Area
• Total	24.75 sq mi (64.09 km2)
• Land	24.55 sq mi (63.57 km2)
• Water	0.20 sq mi (0.52 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	6,507
• Estimate (2016)	6,792
• Density	276.72/sq mi (106.84/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	717
FIPS code	42-071-21072

East Earl Township is a township in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 6,507.

The Spring Grove Forge Mansion and Henry Weaver Farmstead are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 24.7 square miles (64 km²), of which, 24.6 square miles (64 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) of it (0.24%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,723 people, 1,738 households, and 1,485 families residing in the township. The population density was 232.6 people per square mile (89.8/km²). There were 1,795 housing units at an average density of 73.0/sq mi (28.2/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.17% White, 0.58% Black or African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.12% from other races, and 0.68% from two or more races. 0.66% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,738 households, out of which 42.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.8% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.5% were non-families. 11.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.28 and the average family size was 3.59.