Harford Township, Pennsylvania
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Susquehanna |
| Coordinates | 41°44′00″N 75°41′59″W / 41.73333°N 75.69972°WCoordinates: 41°44′00″N 75°41′59″W / 41.73333°N 75.69972°W |
| Area | 33.3 sq mi (86.2 km2) |
| - land | 32.9 sq mi (85 km2) |
| - water | 0.4 sq mi (1 km2), 1.2% |
| Population | 1,430 (2010) |
| Density | 43.5/sq mi (16.8/km2) |
| Settled | 1790 |
| - Incorporated | 1808 |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP Code | 18823 |
| Area code | 570 |
 Location of Harford Township in Susquehanna County
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Harford Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,430 at the 2010 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 33.3 square miles (86 km2), of which, 32.9 square miles (85 km2) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) of it (1.23%) is water.
In 1808, Harford Township was formed from the north part of Nicholson Township in what was then Luzerne County.
The offices of the Harford Historical Society are located in Harford in a building that was used by the Harford Soldiers' Orphan School from 1865 to 1902 to house and school destitute children of Civil War veterans. The Orphan School was built on the campus of the former Franklin Academy (from 1836), later Harford University, which had been founded in 1817.
The village of Kingsley, within Harford Township, was named after original settler and Revolutionary War veteran Rufus Kingsley.
In 1865, residents in the village of Harford (within Harford Township) circulated a petition to formally incorporate their village as a borough but the petition was denied by the state.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,430 people, 597 households, and 412 families residing in the township. The population density was 43.5 people per square mile (16.8/km²). There were 767 housing units at an average density of 23.3/sq mi (9.1/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.8% White, 0.05% Native American, 0.05% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 0.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.4% of the population.
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