Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania

Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania
Township
Municipal Building in Inkerman
Map of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Jenkins Township
Map of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Luzerne
Region	Greater Pittston
Area
• Total	14.0 sq mi (36.2 km2)
• Land	13.7 sq mi (35.5 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	4,442
• Density	320/sq mi (120/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Jenkins Township is a township within the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,442 at the 2010 census. The township is adjacent to the small city of Pittston. It was the site of the infamous 1959 Knox Mine Disaster, which led to a complete abandonment of the deep coal mining industry in northeastern Pennsylvania, which had been the area's economic basis.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 14.0 square miles (36.2 km²), of which 13.7 square miles (35.5 km²) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km²), or 2.06%, is water. The township is served by the Pittston Area School District. It is drained by the Susquehanna River, which separates it from Wyoming and Exeter, except for a portion in the southeast drained by the Lehigh River. Its villages include Ewen, Inkerman, Old Boston, Port Blanchard, Port Griffith, and Sebastopol.

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,584 people, 1,715 households, and 1,166 families residing in the township. The population density was 337.4 people per square mile (130.2/km²). There were 1,843 housing units at an average density of 135.7/sq mi (52.4/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.97% White, 0.26% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.07% from other races, and 0.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.50% of the population.