Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
| Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
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northeastern Huntington Township
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 Map of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Huntington Township |
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 Map of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Luzerne |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.7 sq mi (74.4 km2) |
| • Land | 28.5 sq mi (73.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 781 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 2,212 |
| • Density | 27/sq mi (10/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 42-079-36432 |
Huntington Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,244 at the 2010 census.
Huntington Township is located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. This area is also known as the Wyoming Valley. In 1762 there was an attempt to settle the land by the Susquehanna Company. The Susquehanna Company was composed of about 600 citizens from Windham County, Connecticut. The Company was sent to settle the Luzerne, Lackawanna, Wyoming, Bradford, and Susquehanna counties. However, due to constant trouble with Indians in the area and the Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1783 progress was slow. Finally, following the Revolutionary War, under the acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania passed in 1799, Huntington Township was created along with seventeen other certified townships in the counties of Luzerene, Lackawanna, Wyoming, Bradford, and Susquehanna. Previous to the acts of the Assembly, the Huntington Township was known as the Bloomingdale Township and considered part of Connecticut. However, in 1799, once the township was inducted into Luzerne County, Bloomingdale Township was renamed Huntington Township after Samuel Huntington one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. The first settler, John Franklin, came from Connecticut in 1775 as one of the Susquehanna landowners, under the Connecticut claims. He was soon followed by the families of Levi Seward, Nathaniel Goss, Abraham Hess, and Reuben Culver who all were influential settlers in the Huntington Township.
The Bittenbender Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 28.7 square miles (74.4 km2), of which 28.5 square miles (73.8 km2) is land and 0.23 square miles (0.6 km2), or 0.85%, is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,104 people, 780 households, and 601 families residing in the township. The population density was 74.0 people per square mile (28.6/km2). There were 893 housing units at an average density of 31.4/sq mi (12.1/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 98.29% White, 0.29% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.14% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.62% of the population.
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