Gregg Township, Union County, Pennsylvania
| Gregg Township, Union County, Pennsylvania |
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White Deer Hole Creek, looking west from the U.S. Route 15 Bridge, in Allenwood
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 Map of Union County, Pennsylvania highlighting Gregg Township |
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 Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Union County |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Union |
| Settled | 1787 |
| Incorporated | 1865 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Board of Supervisors |
| • Chairman | David E. Masser |
| • Vice-Chairman | Gloria R. Munsell |
| • Treasurer | Paul L. Campbell, Jr. |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.1 sq mi (39.2 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 4,687 |
| • Density | 310.5/sq mi (119.8/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Zip code | 17810 |
| Area code(s) | 570 |
| Website | Gregg Township |
Gregg Township is a township in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,687 at the 2000 census, of which 3,679 were federal inmates.
Gregg Township, named for U.S. House Representative Andrew Gregg, was founded in 1865, having been carved out of Brady Township, Lycoming County in 1861.
The Allenwood River Bridge and Benjamin Griffey House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The township shares Union County's rural character, with farms and woodlands dominating. Most of the unincarcerated population lives in the unincorporated hamlet of Allenwood. Just north of the hamlet on U.S. Route 15 is the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex, with low, medium, and high security federal prisons. With about 4,000 inmates, [1] these facilities contain the great majority of the township's residents.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 15.1 square miles (39 km2), of which, 15.1 square miles (39 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (0.13%) is water.
Gregg Township is bordered by Lycoming County to the west and north, the West Branch Susquehanna River to the east, over which lies Northumberland County and White Deer Township to the south.
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