North Manheim Township, Pennsylvania

North Manheim Township, Pennsylvania
Township
Schuylkill County War Memorial in North Manheim Twp.
Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Highlighting North Manheim Township
Map of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Schuylkill
Settled	1770
Incorporated	1845
Area
• Total	20.6 sq mi (53 km2)
• Land	20.5 sq mi (53 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total	3,287
• Density	160.6/sq mi (62.0/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

North Manheim Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,287 at the 2000 census.

North Manheim was the location of the first canal tunnel in America, built for the Schuylkill Navigation Company.

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 (53.0 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.44%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,287 people, 1,255 households, and 901 families residing in the township. The population density was 160.6 people per square mile (62.0/km²). There were 1,339 housing units at an average density of 65.4/sq mi (25.3/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 98.24% White, 0.55% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.55% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.49% of the population.

There were 1,255 households out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.9% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.8% 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 2.94.