Rockefeller Township, Pennsylvania | |
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Township | |
Scenery in Rockefeller Township
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Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania highlighting Rockefeller Township |
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Map of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
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Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Northumberland |
Settled | 1774 |
Incorporated | 1880 |
Government | |
• Type | Board of Supervisors |
Area | |
• Total | 20.36 sq mi (52.73 km2) |
• Land | 20.34 sq mi (52.68 km2) |
• Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 2,273 |
• Estimate (2016) | 2,248 |
• Density | 110.52/sq mi (42.67/km2) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Area code(s) | 570 |
FIPS code | 42-097-65472 |
Rockefeller Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2010 Census was 2,273, up from 2,221 at the 2000 census.
The Zion Stone Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in October 6th 1984.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.6 square miles (53.4 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,221 people, 836 households, and 681 families residing in the township. The population density was 107.6 people per square mile (41.6/km²). There were 868 housing units at an average density of 42.1/sq mi (16.2/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 99.19% White, 0.05% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.23% from other races, and 0.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.23% of the population.
There were 836 households out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.3% were married couples living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.5% were non-families. 14.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 2.94.