Lenox Township, Pennsylvania
| Lenox Township, Pennsylvania |
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Community Hall in Lenoxville
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.svg) Location of Pennsylvania in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 41°42′00″N 75°41′59″W / 41.70000°N 75.69972°WCoordinates: 41°42′00″N 75°41′59″W / 41.70000°N 75.69972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Susquehanna |
| Settled | 1797 |
| Incorporated | 1795 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41.14 sq mi (106.55 km2) |
| • Land | 40.63 sq mi (105.22 km2) |
| • Water | 0.51 sq mi (1.33 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,934 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 1,820 |
| • Density | 44.80/sq mi (17.30/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 570 |
| FIPS code | 42-115-42760 |
Lenox Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,934 at the 2010 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 41.1 square miles (106 km2), of which, 40.6 square miles (105 km2) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) of it (1.22%) is water.
What is now known as Lenox Township was incorporated as Nicholson Township in 1795. It was renamed Lenox Township in 1813. The current village of Lenoxville was originally called "Doud's Hollow", and was first settled by Isaac Doud in 1797. The borough of Hop Bottom was formed from a part of Lenox Township in 1881.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,934 people, 768 households, and 536 families residing in the township. The population density was 47.6 people per square mile (18.4/km²). There were 963 housing units at an average density of 23.7/sq mi (9.3/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98% White, 0.3% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.2% of the population.
There were 768 households out of which 29% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. 23.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.92.
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