Kidder Township, Pennsylvania
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 Boulder field at Hickory Run State Park
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| Motto: "A nice place to live, work, play!!" | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Carbon |
| Elevation | 1,329 ft (405.1 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°59′59″N 75°42′29″W / 40.99972°N 75.70806°WCoordinates: 40°59′59″N 75°42′29″W / 40.99972°N 75.70806°W |
| Area | 69.8 sq mi (180.8 km2) |
| - land | 69.1 sq mi (179 km2) |
| - water | 0.7 sq mi (2 km2), 1% |
| Population | 1,935 (2010) |
| Density | 28.0/sq mi (10.8/km2) |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code | 570 |
 Location of Kidder Township in Carbon County
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 Location of Kidder Township in Pennsylvania
Location of Kidder Township in Pennsylvania
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Kidder Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,935 at the 2010 census, up from 1,185 at the 2000 census.
On October 10, 1888, a train wreck known as the Mud Run Disaster occurred on the Lehigh Valley Railroad which runs through the township. 66 people were killed, most members of the Total Abstinence Union returning from a rally.
Kidder Township occupies the northern end of Carbon County and is bordered by Luzerne County to the north and west and by Monroe County to the east. It is drained by the Lehigh River, which separates it from Luzerne County. Tobyhanna Creek, a tributary of the Lehigh, forms the northern half of the township's eastern border. Its villages include Albrightsville (also in Penn Forest Township), Hickory Run, Lake Harmony, Lehigh Tannery, Leonardsville/Pocono Mountain Lake Estates, and Split Rock.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 69.8 square miles (180.8 km2), of which 69.1 square miles (178.9 km2) is land and 0.73 square miles (1.9 km2), or 1.04%, is water.Hickory Run State Park occupies nearly 16,000 acres (65 km2) in the southern half of the township.
Kidder's numbered roads include Interstate 80 and the parallel Pennsylvania Route 940 east-to-west and Interstate 476, which is north-to-south and has the Pocono Interchange in the township with the former two. Route 903 crosses the southeast portion of Kidder on its way between Jim Thorpe and Route 115 just beyond the Monroe County line. Route 534 intersects 903 in Albrightsville and proceeds northwest to meet 80 and 940. Kidder has one more important road, which connects 903 and 940 via Lake Harmony and Split Rock. The portion between Split Rock and 940, Mosey Wood Road, is a private toll road operated by Vacation Charters Limited, and the portion south to 903 is Lake Drive.
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