Independence Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
| Independence Township | |
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Entrance to Independence Cemetery
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 Location of Independence Township in Washington County |
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 Location of Washington County in Pennsylvania |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Washington County |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.8 sq mi (67 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,557 |
| • Density | 60/sq mi (23/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 724 |
Independence Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,557 at the 2010 census.
Independence Township was originally a part of Hopewell Township for the first almost seventy-five years from the formation of Hopewell in 1781. A petition was presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions in November 1854, requesting a division of the Hopewell Township. "The court appointed as viewers Lysander Patterson, John Cole, Esq., and William Gillespie. The matter was continued from term to term until February sessions of 1856, when the court ordered the division and the erection of a new township, to be called Independence, elections to be held at the house of William White. in the village of Independence."
The Isaac Manchester House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 25.8 square miles (67 km2), of which, 25.8 square miles (67 km2) of it is land and 0.04% is water. Independence is one of the townships lying on the western border of Washington County. Its northern boundary is the stream Cross Creek, which separates it from the townships of Cross Creek and Jefferson. On the east it is bounded by Hopewell Township; on the south by Donegal, from which it is separated by Buffalo Creek. Its western boundary is the State of West Virginia. The two creeks above mentioned (Cross and Buffalo), forming respectively the north and south boundaries of Independence, are the only streams of any size or importance belonging to the township.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,676 people, 646 households, and 494 families residing in the township. The population density was 65.1 people per square mile (25.1/km²). There were 697 housing units at an average density of 27.1/sq mi (10.4/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.57% White, 0.30% African American, 0.30% Native American, and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.18% of the population.
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