Lewis Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Lewis Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Township
The Hower-Slote House is on the National Register of Historic Places and was built on the site of Fort Freeland (destroyed 1779)
Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania highlighting Lewis Township
Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Northumberland
Settled	1773
Incorporated	1843
Government
• Type	Board of Supervisors
Area
• Total	26.4 sq mi (68.3 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,915
• Density	72.5/sq mi (28.0/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	570

Lewis Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2010 Census was 1,915, up from 1,862 at the 2000 census.

The Hower-Slote House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 26.4 square miles (68.3 km²), all of it land.

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,862 people, 636 households, and 550 families residing in the township. The population density was 70.6 people per square mile (27.3/km²). There were 663 housing units at an average density of 25.1/sq mi (9.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.36% White, 0.16% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.05% from other races, and 0.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.21% of the population.

There were 636 households out of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.1% were married couples living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.4% were non-families. 11.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.11.