Plumcreek Township, Pennsylvania

Plumcreek Township, Pennsylvania
Township
Plumcreek Township Municipal Building
Map of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania highlighting Plumcreek Township
Map of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Armstrong
Settled	1788
Incorporated	1809
Area
• Total	43.1 sq mi (111.5 km2)
• Land	42.4 sq mi (109.8 km2)
• Water	0.7 sq mi (1.7 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	2,375
• Density	56/sq mi (21.6/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Plumcreek Township is a township in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,375 at the 2010 census.

Plumcreek Township is located in southeastern Armstrong County, named for Plum Creek, a tributary of Crooked Creek and part of the Allegheny River watershed. The township surrounds the borough of Elderton.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 43.1 square miles (111.5 km²), of which 42.4 square miles (109.8 km²) is land and 0.66 square miles (1.7 km²), or 1.55%, is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,304 people, 877 households, and 678 families residing in the township. The population density was 54.5 people per square mile (21.0/km²). There were 935 housing units at an average density of 22.1/sq mi (8.5/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.44% White, 0.09% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.13% from other races, and 0.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.22% of the population.

There were 877 households, out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.8% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.88.