Limestone Township, Union County, Pennsylvania

Limestone Township, Union County, Pennsylvania
Township
Dairy farms in Limestone Township
Map of Union County, Pennsylvania highlighting Limestone Township
Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Union County
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Union
Settled	1769
Incorporated	1850
Area
• Total	20.6 sq mi (53.3 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,572
• Density	36.3/sq mi (29.5/km2)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Limestone Township is a township in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,572 at the 2000 census.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.6 square miles (53.3 km²), of which, 20.5 square miles (53.2 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.19%) is water.

Limestone Township is bordered by West Buffalo Township, Mifflinburg and Buffalo Township to the north, Union Township to the east, Snyder County to the south and Lewis Township to the west.

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,572 people, 526 households, and 444 families residing in the township. The population density was 76.5 people per square mile (29.5/km²). There were 620 housing units at an average density of 30.2/sq mi (11.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.79% White, 0.38% African American, 0.06% Native American, 0.06% Asian, and 0.70% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.19% of the population.

There were 526 households out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.8% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.4% were non-families. 13.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.27.